Data sharing between smart devices

Abstract

Data sharing between networked smart devices is discussed. One embodiment of the present disclosure pertains to a method for data sharing with one or more associated smart devices via a network. The method comprises displaying, on a display unit of the smart device, an image for each one of the associated smart devices within coverage of the network and an image of shared data. The method also comprises effecting a change in a first image for a first smart device of the associated smart devices when the first smart device is targeted as a target device for the data sharing. The method further comprises communicating the shared data with the first smart device via the network when, on the display unit, the image of the shared data is moved to or from a domain of the first image of the first smart device.

1 . A smart device for data sharing with at least one associated smart device connected via a network, the smart device comprising:
 a transceiver;   a display;   a memory; and   a processor coupled to the transceiver, the display, and the memory and the processor configured to perform steps of:
 displaying on the display an image for each one of the at least one associated smart device within a coverage of the network; 
 effecting a change in a first image for a first smart device of the at least one associated smart device displayed on the display when the first smart device is targeted for the data sharing by directing a body of the smart device to the first smart device; 
 displaying an image of shared data provided by the first smart device for the data sharing on the display while the first smart device is targeted for the data sharing; and 
 receiving the shared data from the first smart device via the network in response to an input applied to the image of the shared data. 
   
     
     
         2 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying the image of the shared data comprises displaying the image of the shared data within a domain of the first image of the first smart device. 
     
     
         3 . The smart device of  claim 2 , wherein the domain of the first image of the first smart device comprises a window displayed on the display, and wherein the image of the shared data is displayed within the window. 
     
     
         4 . The smart device of  claim 3 , wherein the displaying the image of the shared data further comprises displaying an other image of an other shared data provided by the first smart device for the data sharing within the window. 
     
     
         5 . The smart device of  claim 4 , wherein the input applied to the image of the shared data comprises a touch input moving the image of the shared data outside the window. 
     
     
         6 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the image for each one of the at least one associated smart device is an icon or a photographed image. 
     
     
         7 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the shared data is stored in a memory of the first smart device or a remote server accessed by the first smart device. 
     
     
         8 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the network is a cloud computing network, and the shared data is stored in a server of the cloud computing network. 
     
     
         9 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the change in the first image for the first smart device includes a change in a size of the first image or a change in a complexion of the first image. 
     
     
         10 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the shared data is still image data or moving image data. 
     
     
         11 . The smart device of  claim 10 , wherein the shared data further comprises metadata of the still image data or the moving image data. 
     
     
         12 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is configured to receive location data of the at least one associated smart device. 
     
     
         13 . The smart device of  claim 12 , further comprising a gyro sensor. 
     
     
         14 . The smart device of  claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the target device based on location data of the target device and tilt data sensed by the gyro sensor when the first smart device is targeted as the target device. 
     
     
         15 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the shared data is canceled when the image of the shared data is moved back to the window while control of the image of the shared data is maintained. 
     
     
         16 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the shared data is still image data. 
     
     
         17 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the shared data is moving image data. 
     
     
         18 . The smart device of  claim 1 , wherein the image of the shared data displayed on the display is a thumbnail image of the shared data. 
     
     
         19 . The smart device of  claim 18 , wherein the thumbnail image of the shared data is received by the smart device prior to the receiving of the shared data. 
     
     
         20 . A method of a smart device for data sharing with at least one associated smart device connected via a network, the method comprising:
 displaying on a display of the smart device an image for each one of the at least one associated smart device within a coverage of the network;   effecting a change in a first image for a first smart device of the at least one associated smart device displayed on the display when the first smart device is targeted for the data sharing by directing a body of the smart device to the first smart device;   displaying an image of shared data provided by the first smart device for the data sharing on the display while the first smart device is targeted for the data sharing; and   receiving the shared data from the first smart device via the network in response to an input applied to the image of the shared data.