Patent ID: 7986917
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring data from a hand held electronic device to a target electronic device, comprising: detecting a proximate physical relationship of the hand held electronic device and the target electronic device using a near field communication (NFC) chipset and establishing a wireless interface between the hand held electronic device and the target electronic device, the wireless interface established using an RF interface device and the wireless interface initiated and configured using an NFC protocol of the NFC chipset; detecting a transfer motion of the hand held electronic device, the transfer motion including rotation of a part of the hand held electronic device toward the target electronic device so that the part of the hand held electronic device becomes closer to the target electronic device than another part of the hand held electronic device during the rotation, wherein the step of detecting the transfer motion includes using a plurality of proximity sensors implemented as a signal detector that responds to a discernible change of a signal due to the transfer motion of the handheld electronic device relative and proximate to the target electronic device to sense a change in proximity of the part of the hand held electronic device with respect to the target electronic device; and upon detection of the proximate physical relationship and of the transfer motion of the hand held electronic device, transmitting the data from the hand held electronic device to the target electronic device over the wireless interface.