Data item sharing via pointing device
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJimmy L. Griffith, Kai Wang, David Allen Dyson
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Abstract
A pointing device, such as a mouse, a touchpad, or an active pen, may include functionality that allows the pointing device to receive a data item from a first information handling system (IHS), such as by storing the data item to a memory of the pointing device, and to transfer the data item to a second IHS. The pointing device may include a near field communication (NFC) device having a memory. The pointing device may include RAM that is separate from an NFC device. The pointing device may receive the data item via NFC or other wireless communication protocol and may transfer the data item to the second IHS either via NFC or other wireless communication protocol.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- communicating, by a pointing device, with a first information handling system (IHS) to control a cursor on a display screen of the first IHS;
- receiving a data item from the first IHS to memory of the pointing device, including:
- determining a data item type of the data item;
- and
- selecting the memory of the pointing device, from a plurality of memory options, based on determining the data item type, including selecting between near field communication (NFC) device memory of the pointing device and a nonvolatile memory of the pointing device, wherein the NFC device memory has a smaller data capacity than does the nonvolatile memory of the pointing device;
- establishing a connection between the pointing device and a second IHS;
- and
- transferring the data item from the memory of the pointing device to the second IHS.
A pointing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a first memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the pointing device to:
- communicate, by the pointing device, with a first information handling system (IHS) to control a cursor on a display screen of the first IHS;
- receive a data item from the first IHS to memory of the pointing device;
- including:
- determine a data item type of the data item;
- and
- select a second memory of the pointing device, from a plurality of memory options, based on determining the data item type, including selecting between near field communication (NFC) device memory of the pointing device and a nonvolatile memory of the pointing device, wherein the NFC device memory has a smaller data capacity than does the nonvolatile memory of the pointing device;
- establish a connection between the pointing device and a second IHS;
- and
- transfer the data item from the second memory of the pointing device to the second IHS.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of a pointing device, cause the pointing device to:
- communicate, by the pointing device, with a first information handling system (IHS) to control a cursor on a display screen of the first IHS;
- receive a data item from the first IHS to memory of the pointing device, including:
- determine a data item type of the data item;
- and
- select a second memory of the pointing device, from a plurality of memory options, based on determining the data item type, including selecting between near field communication (NFC) device memory of the pointing device and a nonvolatile memory of the pointing device, wherein the NFC device memory has a smaller data capacity than does the nonvolatile memory of the pointing device;
- establish a connection between the pointing device and a second IHS;
- and
- transfer the data item from the second memory of the pointing device to the second IHS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.