Patent Application
20150067548
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of an Indian patent application filed on Sep. 4, 2013 in the Intellectual Property of India and assigned Ser. No. 3956/CHE/2013, and of an Indian patent application filed on Oct. 23, 2013 in the Intellectual Property of India and assigned Ser. No. 3956/CHE/2013, the entire disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to enhancing user experience. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to extending display content across multiple display devices over a network using a fingerprint of a user.
Existing display devices generally support a smaller display area. Viewing and managing the content on such smaller display areas hampers users experiences. Various solutions have been suggested to improve the user experience while viewing the content on smaller display areas.
In a method, multiple display units are supported for a mobile terminal and a controller unit is provided to select the display units for presenting the content in a way to improve the user experience. Further, the method enables dynamic content presentation by resizing the display area previewed by the user. As a result, the solution requires additional hardware and software modules to extend the content on multiple display units.
In another method, multiple display units are connected by using gear hinges. Rotating the gear hinges on a hinge axis enables the user to connect the display units and align the display units along the hinge axis to extend the display content. Thus, the solution requires a gear hinge to support content extension on multiple display units.
In another method, a display orientation module is implemented in every display unit supported for the mobile terminal Further, the module determines the orientation of the display units to extend the content on the display units. This solution requires additional modules to enable alignment of multiple display units for the mobile terminal.
The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the present disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the present disclosure.
SUMMARY
Aspects of the present disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a method displaying content and electronic device thereof.
An aspect of the present disclosure herein is to provide a method to extend display content across multiple display devices over a network using a fingerprint of a user, and identify relative position of the display devices.
Another aspect of the present disclosure is to provide the method to register fingerprints of the user in a master device and allow the user to perform at least one action on the master device.
Another aspect of the present disclosure is to provide the method to broadcast a first key to a slave device by the master device after authorizing the user.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for extending display content across a plurality of display devices is provided. The method includes performing a user action using a finger on a master device, identifying at least one slave device based on the user action performed on the master device, and extending the display content from the master device to the identified at least one slave device.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device for extending display content with at least one slave device is provided. The electronic device includes an integrated circuit including at least one processor and at least one memory having a computer program code stored therein. The at least one memory and the computer program code with at least one processor cause the electronic device to perform the user action using the finger on the electronic device, identify at least one slave device based on the user action performed on the electronic device, and extend the display content from the electronic device to the identified at least one slave device.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a slave device to extend display content received from a master device is provided. The slave device includes an integrated circuit including at least one processor and at least one memory having a computer program code stored therein. The at least one memory and the computer program code with at least one processor cause the slave device to receive a broadcasted first key from the master device, send a response to the master device, wherein the response is sent by matching the broadcasted first key with a second key generated on the slave device, and extend the display content after receiving connection request from the master device.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the present disclosure.
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.
The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of various embodiments of the present disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding, but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of various embodiments of the present disclosure is provided for illustration purposes only and not for the purpose of limiting the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such surfaces.
The various embodiments herein achieve a method and system to extend display content across multiple display devices over a network using a fingerprint of a user on a device. The method extends the display content by broadcasting a generated first key from a master device. The first key is generated on the master device when an authorized user performs an action on a fingerprint recognition module on the master device. The generated first key considers the user's finger which in turn determines polarity of a hand performing the user action on the master device and a relative location of one or more slave devices. Further, the method allows the master device to identify the slave device by generating a second key on the slave device, which considers the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the fingerprint recognition module on the slave device. The method allows the master device to establish a connection with the slave device that sends a response by matching the first key generated on the master device and the second key generated on the slave device. After establishing a connection between the master device and one or more slave devices, the display content is extended from the master device to one or more slave devices.
The user action can be a swipe, a tap, a touch on a touch screen, a drag, or the like performed on the fingerprint recognition module.
The device includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet, a personal computer, a digital media player, an electronic watch, or any other electronic device with the fingerprint recognition module that is capable of identifying an action performed by the user, generating a key based on the recognized action, and establishing a connection with other devices in the network.
The master device may be a device that registers and stores fingerprints of the user who owns the device and initiates the display content in order to extend from the master device to the connected one or more slave devices. The master device may support the fingerprint recognition module that is capable of identifying and authorizing the action performed by the user on the master device, and generating the first key on the master device based on the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the master device and considering a relative location of one or more slave devices.
The slave device may be a device that is capable of receiving the first key broadcasted by the master device and generating the second key based on the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the slave device. The slave device may determine whether the first key received from the master device matches the second key generated on the slave device.
The relative location of the slave device may be the positioning of the slave device with respect to the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the master device in the network. For example, the relative location of the slave device is towards the right-side of the master device if the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the master device is determined to be a left-hand finger of the user.
The device considered as the master device can be considered as the slave device.
Authorization of the user confirms that the user has already registered and stored his/her fingerprints in the master device for generating the first key on the master device.
Throughout the description, the master device and the slave device is referred to as a paired device while the master device is connected to the slave device.
The network can be a Local Area Network (LAN), a wireless network such as a Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth network and the like.
For example, a laptop device considered as the master device can be paired with another laptop device considered as the slave device. A mobile phone considered as the master device can be paired with another mobile phone considered as the slave device. Also, a mobile phone considered as the master device can be paired with a tablet or a laptop device.
The term content includes but not limited to a text file, a multimedia file, an application, a web page, an event, and any other content displayed in the screen of the master device. The event generated on the slave device after performing an action by the user on an application is communicated to the master device for further processing.
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The display module 101 displays the content on the device 100. The display module 101 allows the user to provide fingerprints of the user as inputs for registering the user fingerprints on the device 100. The device 100 can support the display module 101 in different forms such as a Graphical User Interface (GUI), a browser, a touch screen interface and the like. As the user provides fingerprints as input to the display module 101, the fingerprint recognition module 102 recognizes the fingerprint of the user and stores the fingerprint of the user using the storage module 103.
The Display module 101 may be implemented on both the master device and the slave device within the same network.
The storage module 103 stores the registered fingerprints of the user that includes but not limited to a memory device, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM) and the like.
The storage module 103 may be implemented only on the master device in the network.
The key generation module 104 generates the first key on the master device and the second key on the slave device based on the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the device 100 as recognized by the fingerprint recognition module 102. Further, while generating the first key on the master device the fingerprint recognition module 102 considers the polarity of the hand performing the user action on the master device and the relative location of the slave device to extend the content.
The fingerprint recognition module 102 may recognize the fingerprint of the user when the user places his/her finger over the fingerprint recognition module 102.
The key generation module 104 may be implemented on both the master device and the slave device within the network.
The key generation module 104 implemented on the slave device may determine whether the first key generated on the master device matches the second key generated on the slave device to establish a connection between the master device and the slave device.
The communication interface module 105 establishes a connection between the master device and the slave device for extending the display content from the master device to the slave device. The communication interface module 105 establishes a connection between the master device and one or more slave devices.
The communication interface module 105 may be implemented in both the master device and the slave device in the network.
The event processing module 106 on the master device processes the events that are communicated from the slave device in the network. The event initiated from the extended display content on the slave device is transmitted to the master device using the communication interface module 105 for processing the event on the master device. Further, the processed event result occurs on the master device.
For example, a browser application is initiated from the master device and extends the application content to the slave device. When the user types a browser address and press an ENTER button on the slave device, the master device loads the browser address and displays the browser page.
The event processing module 106 may be implemented on the master device within the network.
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A connection is established between the master device and one or more slave devices that sends acknowledgement.
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When the user selects the close operation in operation 310, on the master device 201, the master device 210 disconnects in operation 311 the slave device 202c and closes the display content on the master device 201.
When the user selects the close operation in operation 312 on one or more slave devices, the one or more slave devices disconnect from the master device 201, and the extended display content is viewed in operation 313 on the master device 201 and the remaining connected slave devices. The extended display content is equally divided between the master device 201 and the remaining connected slave devices.
For example, if the display content is extended between the master device and the two slave devices 202a, 202b and the user performs a close operation on the slave device 202b, then the display content is extended between the master device and the connected slave device 202a.
In another example, if the user performs a close operation on the master device, which is connected to the slave device 202a, then the extended display content on the master device is closed and the slave device 202a gets disconnected from the master device. The various actions in as depicted in
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The overall computing environment 801 can be composed of multiple homogeneous and/or heterogeneous cores, multiple CPUs of different kinds, special media and other accelerators. The processing unit 804 is responsible for processing the instructions of the algorithm. The plurality of processing units 804 may be located on a single chip or over multiple chips.
The algorithm comprising instructions and codes needed for the implementation are stored in either the memory unit 805 or the storage 806 or both. At the time of execution, the instructions may be fetched from the corresponding memory 805 and/or storage 806, and executed by the processing unit 804.
In case of any hardware implementations various networking devices 808 or external I/O devices 807 may be connected to the computing environment to support the implementation through the networking unit and the I/O device unit.
The various embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented through at least one software program running on at least one hardware device and performing network management functions to control the elements. The elements shown in
While the present disclosure has been shown and described with reference to various embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3956/CHE/2013 | Sep 2013 | IN | national |
