CN103457643A - File sharing system and method of near field communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a file sharing system and method for near field communication devices, the system comprising a first mobile device and a first electronic device. The first mobile device and the first electronic device sense each other using a near field communication point-to-point mode, triggering a first network connection that complies with a first wireless communication protocol specification, then the first electronic device selects a first data transmission protocol, and establishes a first data transmission path between the first mobile device and the first electronic device according to the first data transmission protocol. When the first mobile device receives a first file transmission request transmitted by the first electronic device, the first mobile device transmits at least one first shared file according to the first file transmission request.

Description

File sharing system and method for near field communication equipment

technical field

The present invention relates to a file sharing system and method thereof, and in particular to a file sharing system and method suitable for Near-Field Communication (Near-Field Communication) devices.

Background technique

Generally speaking, moving file data from mobile devices (such as mobile phones, tablet computers) or external storage devices (such as external hard disks, external Universal Serial Bus (USB) mobile hard disks) to the host computer, Possibly via a wired or wireless connection. Among them, the wired method includes using a USB connection cable or a physical network cable to perform data transmission between devices, and the wireless method includes converting file data into network packets for transmission through various types of wireless network protocols. That is to say, in the wired way, the data transmission between devices must have the setting of cables such as USB cable or physical network cable, and the wireless way also needs to set the account number, password or various security data that conform to the wireless network protocol. . However, for users who just want to share files from the mobile device to the host computer, they need to prepare wires or set up a lot of wireless data transmission, which may make users feel inconvenient. Therefore, how to more efficiently and conveniently share data from mobile devices to computer hosts will be an important issue in future wireless communication technologies.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a file sharing system and method for a near-field communication device, so that mobile devices and electronic devices with a near-field communication tag (Near-Field Communication tag) can use the peer-to-point (Peer-to-point) of the near-field communication technology Peer, P2P) mode for induction, easy to establish a connection, and then share files.

The present invention proposes a file sharing system for near-field communication devices. The system includes: a first mobile device and a first electronic device. Wherein, the first mobile device has a first near field communication logo, and the first electronic device has a second near field communication logo. When the first mobile device approaches the first electronic device, the second near-field communication sign and the first near-field communication sign use the near-field communication point-to-point mode to sense each other, triggering a first mobile device and the first electronic device to meet a first The first network connection specified by the wireless communication protocol, then, the first electronic device selects a first data transmission protocol, and establishes a first communication between the first mobile device and the first electronic device according to the first data transmission protocol. data transfer path. When the first mobile device receives the first file transmission request sent by the first electronic device, the first mobile device transmits at least one first shared file according to the first file transmission request.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the file sharing system of the near field communication device further includes a plurality of mobile devices. Wherein, each of the plurality of mobile devices has a near-field communication sign, and when each mobile device approaches the first electronic device, the second near-field communication sign and each near-field communication sign use the near-field communication point-to-point mode to sense each other, and each triggers each mobile Each network connection between the device and the first electronic device complies with a wireless communication protocol specification. The first electronic device selects a data transmission protocol, each establishes a data transmission path between each mobile device and the first electronic device, the first electronic device sends a file transmission request to some or all of the mobile devices, and receives the file transmission The requesting mobile device transmits at least one shared file to the first electronic device according to the file transmission request.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first electronic device includes a first display unit, and the first display unit displays disk options corresponding to the first mobile device.

The present invention proposes a file sharing method of a near-field communication device, which is suitable for file sharing between a first mobile device and a first electronic device. Wherein, the first mobile device has a first near field communication mark, and the first electronic device has a second near field communication mark, and the method includes the following steps: when the first mobile device approaches the first electronic device, the second near field communication The sign and the first NFC sign interact with each other through the point-to-point mode of near field communication, and trigger a first network connection between the first mobile device and the first electronic device according to a first wireless communication protocol specification. Establish a first data transmission path between the first mobile device and the first electronic device according to the first data transmission protocol selected by the first electronic device. Next, the first mobile device judges whether the first file transmission request sent by the first electronic device is received, and if it is judged yes, the first mobile device transmits at least one first shared file according to the first file transmission request.

Based on the above, the present invention provides a file sharing system and method for near-field communication devices, using the point-to-point mode of near-field communication technology, so that mobile devices and electronic devices with near-field communication signs can sense each other and trigger the communication between the two. connection, and then establish a data transmission path through the wireless network protocol and the data transmission protocol, and the mobile device and the electronic device can share files conveniently.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a functional block diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1C is a functional block diagram of another file sharing system of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of another file sharing system of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a flowchart of a file sharing method of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of an inter-device communication process of a file sharing method of a near-field communication device according to the embodiment of FIG. 2A of the present invention;

FIG. 2C is a flowchart of another file sharing method of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3A is a schematic diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3B is a functional block diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3C is a flowchart of a file sharing method of a near field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference numerals: 110: the first mobile device;

112: the first near-field communication sign;

120: the first electronic device;

122: the second near-field communication sign;

124: the first display unit;

132, 134, 136: mobile devices;

133, 135, 137: near-field communication signs;

A-E: communication process steps between the first mobile device and the first electronic device;

S210-S270: process steps of the file sharing method of the near field communication device;

S310-S350: process steps of the file sharing method of the near field communication device.

Detailed ways

Fig. 1A is a schematic diagram of a file sharing system of a near-field communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment depicted in Fig. 1A, the first mobile device 110 is a smart phone, and the first electronic device 120 is a notebook computer. In this embodiment, the first mobile device 110 and the first electronic device 120 use the point-to-point (Peer to Peer, P2P) transmission mode in the Near-Field Communication (Near-Field Communication, NFC) technology to sense, and then use the wireless network protocol And the data transmission protocol is used to set up the connection, so that the files existing in the first mobile device 110 can be easily shared with the first electronic device 120 . In other embodiments, the first mobile device 110 can be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer or a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), and the first electronic device 120 can be a computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer or personal digital assistants.

FIG. 1B is a functional block diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a flow chart of a file sharing method of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1B and FIG. 2A at the same time. When the first mobile device 110 is close to the first electronic device 120, the first NFC symbol 112 of the first mobile device 110 and the second NFC symbol 122 of the second mobile device 120 sense each other using a near field communication point-to-point mode (Step S210), the sensing triggers a first network connection between the first mobile device 110 and the first electronic device 120, which conforms to a first wireless communication protocol specification (step S220), wherein the first network connection The triggering master terminal is the first mobile device 110 or the first electronic device 120, depending on which one has a faster processing speed or a higher battery capacity. In addition, in this embodiment, the above-mentioned first wireless communication protocol may be a near field communication protocol, a wireless-direct compatibility (WiFi-Direct) protocol or a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) protocol.

Next, according to the first data transmission protocol selected by the first electronic device 120, a first data transmission path between the first mobile device 110 and the first electronic device 120 is established (step 230). Wherein, the above-mentioned first data transfer protocol can be a file transfer protocol (Filetransfer Protocol), a media transfer protocol (Media transfer Protocol, MTP) or a network distributed authoring and version processing (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) protocol . In addition, the way to select the first data transmission protocol may be that the user manually sets the first electronic device 120 , or it may be preset by the operating system of the first electronic device 120 .

However, in other embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1C , after setting the first data transmission path in step S230 is completed, the first display unit 124 of the first electronic device 120 displays the data corresponding to the first mobile device 110 disk options. Wherein, the first display unit 124 may be the screen of the first electronic device 120 , as shown in FIG. 1D , and in this embodiment, the disk option corresponding to the first mobile device 110 is an external disk E.

Next, the first mobile device 110 determines whether the first file transmission request sent by the first electronic device 120 is received (step S240 ). When the judgment is yes, the first mobile device 110 transmits at least one first shared file to the first electronic device 120 according to the first file transmission request (step S250 ).

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of an inter-device communication flow of a file sharing method for a near field communication device according to the embodiment of FIG. 2A of the present invention. Fig. 2B is a simplified schematic diagram of the method of the flow chart of Fig. 2A. Steps A-C are equivalent to steps S210-S230, revealing the file sharing process between the first mobile device 110 and the first electronic device 120 in the present invention. First, it must pass the near-field communication point-to-point sensing between the two parties and trigger the first network connection. and the establishment of the first data transmission path, then as steps D and E, the first electronic device 120 sends the first file transfer request to the first mobile device 110, and then the first mobile device 110 sends the first shared file to the first electronic device 120 . At this point, the files originally stored in the first mobile device 110 have been shared to the first electronic device 120 .

FIG. 2C is a flow chart of another file sharing method of a near field communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1B and FIG. 2C at the same time. The steps in FIG. 2C are substantially the same as those in FIG. 2A , and only the differences are described here, and the same steps are not repeated here. After step S250, the first electronic device 120 detects whether the first mobile device 110 is far away from the wireless sensing range regulated by the first wireless communication protocol (step S260), if it is judged to be yes, the first electronic device prohibits (Disable) the first Network connection (step S270). If the judgment is negative, return to step S240.

3A is a schematic diagram of a file sharing system of a near-field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The sharing system shown in FIG. 3A includes a first electronic device 120, a mobile device 132, a mobile device 134, and a mobile device 136 , wherein the mobile device 132 and the mobile device 134 are a smart phone, and the mobile device 136 is a tablet computer. The second embodiment mainly shows a plurality of mobile devices 132, 134, 136 and the first electronic device 120, using a near field communication device The point-to-point mode induction between them establishes a connection respectively. Fig. 3B is a functional block diagram of a file sharing system of a near field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3C is a flowchart of a file sharing method of a near field communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention The main difference between the second embodiment and the foregoing first embodiment is that the second embodiment describes an example of one-to-many (one electronic device, multiple mobile devices).

Please refer to Figures 3B-3C at the same time. When each mobile device 132, 134, 136 is close to the first electronic device 120, the second near-field communication sign 122 and each near-field communication sign 133, 135, 137 corresponding to each mobile device 132, 134, 136 use the near-field communication The point-to-point mode of communication senses each other (step S310), and each triggers each network connection between each mobile device 132, 134, 136 and the first electronic device 120 that conforms to the wireless communication protocol (step S320), wherein the above-mentioned wireless communication The protocol may be a near field communication protocol, a direct wireless compatibility protocol or a bluetooth protocol.

Next, according to the data transmission protocol selected by the first electronic device 120, respectively establish data transmission paths between the mobile devices 132, 134, 136 and the first electronic device 120 (step S330). Wherein, the above-mentioned data transfer protocol may be a file transfer protocol, a media transfer protocol or a network distributed authoring and versioning protocol. In addition, the way of selecting the data transmission protocol may be that the user manually sets the first electronic device 120 , or it may be preset by the operating system of the first electronic device 120 .

Next, the first electronic device 120 sends a file transfer request to some or all of the mobile devices 132, 134, 136, and each mobile device 132, 134, 136 determines whether the file transfer request sent by the first electronic device 120 is received (step S340 ), the mobile device that receives the file transfer request sends at least one shared file to the first electronic device 120 according to the file transfer request (step S350).

To sum up, the present invention provides a file sharing system and method for a near field communication device, so that files stored in a mobile device can be more easily shared with other electronic devices. The present invention utilizes the point-to-point mode of near-field communication technology to allow mobile devices and electronic devices with near-field communication signs to sense each other and trigger the connection between the two, and then establish a data transmission path through wireless network protocols and data transmission protocols , mobile devices and electronic devices can easily share files. In other words, using the near-field communication point-to-point mode sensing between the mobile device and the electronic device, the user only needs to bring the mobile device close to the electronic device, and the near-field communication logo of the mobile device and the electronic device can sense and trigger the connection, and the user does not need to Use any physical cables or set cumbersome wireless network account numbers and passwords to easily share files originally stored on mobile devices with other electronic devices.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: It is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention. scope.

Claims (10)

1. the file sharing system of a near-field communication equipment, is characterized in that, comprising:

One first mobile device, have one first near-field communication sign;

One first electronic equipment, have one second near-field communication sign;

Wherein when this first mobile device approaches this first electronic equipment, this the second near-field communication sign and this first near-field communication sign utilize a near-field communication ad hoc mode to interact, trigger a first network line that meets one first wireless communication protocol institute standard between this first mobile device and this first electronic equipment, this first electronic equipment is selected a first data transmission agreement, according to this first data transmission agreement, set up the first data transmission path between this first mobile device and this first electronic equipment, when this first mobile device receives the one first file transmission request that this first electronic equipment transmits, this first mobile device transmits request transmission at least one first according to this first file and shares file.

2. file sharing system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises:

A plurality of mobile devices, there is separately a near-field communication sign, wherein when respectively this mobile device approaches this first electronic equipment, this the second near-field communication sign utilizes this near-field communication ad hoc mode to interact with this near-field communication sign respectively, trigger separately each network connectivity that respectively between this mobile device and this first electronic equipment, meets a wireless communication protocol institute standard, this first electronic equipment is selected a Data Transport Protocol, set up separately the respectively data transfer path between this mobile device and this first electronic equipment, this first electronic equipment is sent a file and is sent a request to part or all of respectively this mobile device, receive that this document transmits this mobile device of request, according to this document, the request of transmitting transmits at least one file of sharing to this first electronic equipment.

3. file sharing system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this first electronic equipment comprises one first display unit, and this first display unit shows the disk option corresponding to this first mobile device.

4. file sharing system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this first electronic equipment detects this first mobile device whether away from the wireless induction scope of this first wireless communication protocol institute standard, if this first electronic equipment is forbidden this first network line.

5. file sharing system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the triggering main control end of this first network line is this first mobile device or this first electronic equipment, depends on that the processing speed of current whichever is very fast or electric weight is higher.

6. the sharing files method of a near-field communication equipment, be applicable to sharing files between one first mobile device and one first electronic equipment, it is characterized in that, this first mobile device has one first near-field communication sign, this first electronic equipment has one second near-field communication sign, and the method comprises:

When this first mobile device approaches this first electronic equipment, this second near-field communication sign and this first near-field communication sign utilize a near-field communication ad hoc mode to interact;

Trigger a first network line that meets one first wireless communication protocol institute standard between this first mobile device and this first electronic equipment;

According to the selected first data transmission agreement of this first electronic equipment, set up the first data transmission path between this first mobile device and this first electronic equipment;

This first mobile device judges whether to receive the one first file transmission request that this first electronic equipment is sent; And

If be judged as YES, this first mobile device transmits request transmission at least one first according to this first file and shares file.

7. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, when a plurality of mobile devices that have separately a near-field communication sign, while wanting to carry out sharing files with this first electronic equipment, the method also comprises:

When respectively this mobile device approaches this first electronic equipment, this second near-field communication sign utilizes this near-field communication ad hoc mode to interact with this near-field communication sign respectively;

Trigger separately each network connectivity that respectively between this mobile device and this first electronic equipment, meets a wireless communication protocol institute standard;

A Data Transport Protocol of selecting according to this first electronic equipment, set up the respectively data transfer path between this mobile device and this first electronic equipment separately;

Respectively this mobile device judges whether to receive the file transmission request that this first electronic equipment is sent; And

Receive that this document transmits this mobile device of request, according to this document, the request of transmitting transmits at least one file of sharing to this first electronic equipment.

8. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, this first electronic equipment provides one first display unit, and the method also comprises:

This first display unit shows the disk option corresponding to this first mobile device.

9. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, also comprises:

This first electronic equipment detects this first mobile device whether away from the wireless induction scope of this first wireless communication protocol institute standard; And

If it is yes detecting, this first electronic equipment is forbidden this first network line.

10. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, the triggering main control end of this first network line is this first mobile device or this first electronic equipment, depends on that the processing speed of current whichever is very fast or electric weight is higher.

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