Communication between devices based on device-to-device physical contact
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsOla Karl THORN, Darius KATZ
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Abstract
A method includes detecting one or more physical contacts between the device and another device and determining whether the one or more physical contacts correspond to one or more taps. The method further includes initiating a discovery request to the other device, when it is determined that the physical contact corresponds to the one or more taps, and communicating to the other device when a communication link is established between the device and the other device based on the discovery request.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a device, one or more physical contacts between the device and another device;
- determining, by the device, whether the one or more physical contacts corresponds to one or more taps;
- initiating, by the device, a discovery request to the other device, when it is determined that the physical contact corresponds to the one or more taps;
- and
- communicating, by the device, to the other device when a communication link is established between the device and the other device based on the discovery request.
A user device to:
- monitor for an occurrence of one or more device-to-device physical contacts associated with the user device and another device;
- determine whether one or more taps occurred based on the occurrence of the one or more device-to-device physical contacts;
- establish a communication link with the other device, when it is determined that one or more taps occurred;
- and
- communicate with the other device once the communication link is established.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium storing instructions for:
- determining whether a device has been tapped based on sensor information;
- and
- initiating a discovery phase to locate another device to which the device was tapped, when it is determined that the device has been tapped;
- and
- communicating with the other device when the other device is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.