Gesture-Based Data Exchange between Electronic Devices

摘要

A digital data transfer between two users' electronic devices such as cell phones, smartphones, tablet PCs, laptops, etc., is initiated by detecting both that the users' wrist-worn electronic data exchange units have been brought into proximity, and also that their on-board accelerometers sense movement consistent with a gesture, especially that two equipped users are shaking hands. The electronic data exchange units can communicate over a limited distance and can use Bluetooth. The data transfer can be arranged to be automatic without the attention of the users. The data transfer order is determined in part according to differences in the wait time for the two users' electronic devices to communicate with the respective data exchange units. The exchanged data can include user contact information to be stored via a smartphone application in a database.

主权项

1. A method of gesture-based data exchange between electronic devices comprising:
wireless connection of a user electronic device to at least one electronic data exchange unit, capture of a handshaking event by the electronic data exchange unit and by at least one other electronic data exchange unit, interruption of the wireless connection of the user electronic device to the electronic data exchange unit, scanning of a radio spectrum by at least one of the electronic data exchange unit and the other electronic data exchange unit, each of which electronic data exchange units having captured the handshaking event, to establish radio communication between the electronic data exchange unit and the other electronic data exchange unit, definition of a wait time for the electronic data exchange units, which captured the handshaking event, data transfer from one of the electronic data exchange units having a shorter wait time to another one of the electronic data exchange units having a longer wait time through a radio channel of the electronic data exchange unit with shorter wait time, receipt of data from the electronic data exchange unit with longer wait time, data transfer from the electronic data exchange unit with longer wait time to the electronic data exchange unit with shorter wait time through a radio channel of the electronic data exchange unit with longer wait time, receipt of the data transfer by the electronic data exchange unit with shorter wait time, wireless connection of the user electronic device to the electronic data exchange unit, which captured the handshaking event, data transfer from electronic data exchange units, which captured the handshaking event, to the user electronic device connected to the electronic data exchange unit.