Apparatus and method for providing real-time feedback for information transfer
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorSimon Turvey
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are described for allowing a user to transfer information at desired levels by providing the user with real-time feedback regarding the level of information that has been transferred. The devices, systems, and methods establish a communication link with a target device, cause information to be transferred to the target device via the communication link, and cause an indication of a level of the information transferred to be provided to a user during transfer of the information such that the user is provided with a real time indication of the level of information that has been transferred prior to transfer of a maximum level of information that is transferable.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus embedded in a user device to at least:
- monitor user information sharing behaviors with a plurality of receiving user devices with respect to a type of information residing on the user device;
- define a plurality of information sharing levels for the type of information based, at least in part, on a respective number of receiving user devices that shared at least a respective portion of the type of information, and one or more respective types of contacts associated with a user of the user device;
- establish a communication link with a target device;
- and
- transfer, level by level starting from a lowest information sharing level, a respective portion of the type of information of a respective information sharing level to the target device via the communication link while indicating in real time the respective information sharing level prior to transfer of a maximum information sharing level.
A method comprising:
- monitoring, by a user device, user information sharing behaviors with a plurality of receiving user devices with respect to a type of information residing on the user device;
- defining, by the user device, a plurality of information sharing levels for the type of information based, at least in part, on a respective number of receiving user devices that shared at least a respective portion of the type of information, and one or more respective types of contacts associated with a user of the user device;
- establishing, by the user device, a communication link with a target device;
- and
- transferring, by the user device level by level starting from a lowest information sharing level, a respective portion of the type of information of a respective information sharing level to the target device via the communication link while indicating in real time the respective information sharing level prior to transfer of a maximum information sharing level.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus embedded in a user device to at least perform the following steps:
- monitoring user information sharing behaviors with a plurality of receiving user devices with respect to a type of information residing on the user device;
- defining a plurality of information sharing levels for the type of information based, at least in part, on a respective number of receiving user devices that shared at least a respective portion of the type of information, and one or more respective types of contacts associated with a user of the user device;
- establishing a communication link with a target device;
- and
- transferring, level by level starting from a lowest information sharing level, a respective portion of the type of information of a respective information sharing level to the target device via the communication link while indicating in real time the respective information sharing level prior to transfer of a maximum information sharing level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.