WO2014036957A1

WO2014036957A1 - Method, device, and system for content sharing between devices

Info

Publication number: WO2014036957A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/083004
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邢晓江
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-09-05
Filing date: 2013-09-05
Publication date: 2014-03-13
Also published as: CN102833345A; CN102833345B

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for content sharing between devices. The method comprises: a shared content provider device and a shared content receiver device exchange therebetween network configuration information and information of a shared content via an intermediate device and by employing a short-range communication technology; and, the shared content receiver device establishes, on the basis of the network configuration information of the shared content provider device, a network connection with the shared content provider device and acquires the shared content. Correspondingly, also disclosed are a device and system for content sharing. The problem that the network configuration information cannot be shared directly between content sharing devices is solved, while the process of handling the shared content between the devices is simplified, time and effort are saved, and high efficiency is allowed.

Description

Method, device and system for sharing content between devices

The present invention relates to the field of electronics and communications, and in particular, to a method, device and system for sharing content between devices. Background technique

At present, various electronic devices are becoming more and more popular, and the sharing of content between electronic devices is increasingly becoming a growing demand.

In the related art, a method for sharing content between devices is implemented by a server for controlling content sharing, as follows: First, setting a device as the server for controlling content sharing; and then, performing content sharing. The device joins the local area network through the server, and the main device that performs content sharing sets the shared folder and puts the content to be shared into the shared folder, and the auxiliary device that performs content sharing finds the main device through the local area network, and then The shared folder on the master device acquires the content to be shared, and finally performs other sharing operations. In the process of content sharing, the device that needs to share content needs to perform authentication, authentication, and the like when joining the local area network through the server. Therefore, in the method for sharing content between related technical devices, each device shares each time. The content needs to set up a server, and then join the LAN through the server. The processing is cumbersome, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and low in efficiency, which is prone to information congestion. In addition, if the short-distance communication modes supported by the two devices sharing the content are different, the two devices cannot directly interact with each other's network configuration information, resulting in the direct sharing of content between the two devices. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a content sharing between devices. Methods, devices, and systems to address the problem of not directly interacting with network configuration information between devices sharing content.

To achieve the above objective, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sharing content between devices, where the method includes: sharing a network configuration information and sharing content between a shared content provider device and a shared content recipient device through an intermediate device and using a short-range communication technology Information

The shared content acceptor device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device and acquires the shared content according to the network configuration information of the shared content provider device.

Preferably, the short-range communication technology is an infrared communication technology, a radio frequency communication technology or a Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

Preferably, the information between the shared content provider device and the shared content acceptor device interacting with the network configuration information and the shared content by using the intermediate device and using the short-range communication technology includes: the shared content provider device adopts short-range communication technology The network configuration information and the shared content information configured to indicate the network communication mode supported by the network are sent to the intermediate device;

The intermediate device receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content by using the short-range communication technology, and sends the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using the short-range communication technology;

The shared content acceptor device receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and the information of the shared content by using a short-range communication technology, and returns the response information agreed to the shared information to the intermediate device by using the short-range communication technology;

The intermediate device receives the response information of the shared content acceptor device by using a short-range communication technology and forwards the response information to the shared content provider device;

The shared content provider device receives the response information of the shared content acceptor device by using a short-range communication technology;

Short-range communication technology adopted by the shared content provider device and the shared content provided The short-range communication technology adopted by the party device is the same or different; the intermediate device supports the short-range communication technology adopted by the shared content provider device and the short-range communication technology adopted by the shared content provider device.

Preferably, the intermediate device supports multiple short-range communication technologies;

The intermediate device alternately transmits the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using the plurality of short-range communication technologies, or simultaneously uses the plurality of short-distance communication technologies to share the content provider. The network configuration information and the information of the shared content are sent to the shared content acceptor device;

The intermediate device uses the plurality of short-range communication technologies to transmit the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device, or simultaneously uses the plurality of short-range communication technologies to send the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared device. Content provider device.

Preferably, after the intermediate device receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider device by using the short-range communication technology, the method further includes: the intermediate device performing the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and the information of the shared content. Temporary storage.

Preferably, the shared content acceptor device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device and acquires the shared content according to the network configuration information of the shared content provider device, including: the shared content provider device according to the sharing The response information of the content acceptor device confirms that the shared content acceptor device supports the network communication mode supported by the shared content;

The shared content recipient device accesses the network of the shared content provider device according to the network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device, and establishes a corresponding network connection with the shared content provider device;

The shared content provider device transmits the shared content to the shared content recipient device over the network connection.

Preferably, the response information of the shared content acceptor device carries the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content acceptor device; The method further includes: the shared content provider device acquiring, according to the response information of the shared content recipient device, the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device, and confirming that the shared content recipient device is not Supporting a network communication mode supported by the user; the shared content provider device establishes a corresponding operator network connection with the shared content recipient device according to the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device; The shared content provider device transmits the shared content to the shared content recipient device over the carrier network connection.

Preferably, the shared content provider device sends the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using the operator network connection, including: the shared content provider device passes the information according to the shared content. The carrier network connection sends the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by means of a short message, a multimedia message, or an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for sharing content, where the device includes: a short-distance communication module and a network communication module, where

a short-range communication module configured to perform interaction of network configuration information and shared content information by short-range communication technology;

A network communication module configured to establish a network connection and acquire or transmit the shared content. Preferably, the short-range communication technology is an infrared communication technology, or a radio frequency communication technology or an NFC technology.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a system for sharing content between devices, the system comprising a shared content provider device, an intermediate device and a shared content acceptor device, wherein the shared content provider device and the shared content acceptor device respectively comprise There are short-distance communication modules and network communication modules; the intermediate devices include short-range communication modules supporting a variety of short-range communication technologies;

a short-range communication module configured to perform interaction of network configuration information and shared content information by using short-range communication technology; A network communication module configured to establish a network connection and acquire or transmit the shared content. Preferably, the short-range communication technology is an infrared communication technology, or a radio frequency communication technology or a near field communication NFC technology.

Preferably, the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to transmit, by the short-range communication technology, information of the network configuration information and the shared content configured to indicate the network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device to the intermediate device; And configured to receive, by using a short-range communication technology, response information of the shared content recipient device forwarded by the intermediate device;

a short-range communication module of the intermediate device, a short-range communication technology used by the short-range communication module supporting the shared content provider device, and a short-range communication technology adopted by the shared content receiver device, configured to use short-range communication The technology receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content, and transmits the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using short-range communication technology; and, configured to adopt a short The distance communication technology receives the response information of the shared content acceptor device and forwards the response information to the shared content provider device;

The short-distance communication module of the shared content acceptor device is configured to receive network configuration information and shared content information of the shared content provider device; and configured to return the agreed response information by using short-range communication technology Intermediate device

The short-range communication technology adopted by the short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device is the same as or different from the short-range communication technology adopted by the short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device; the short-distance communication module of the intermediate device The short-range communication technology adopted by the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device and the short-range communication technology adopted by the short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device.

Preferably, the short-distance communication module of the intermediate device supports a plurality of short-range communication technologies; the short-range communication module of the intermediate device is configured to adopt the plurality of short-range communication technologies in turn to share network configuration information of the content provider and Information about shared content is sent to shared content The recipient device, or the plurality of short-range communication technologies simultaneously, send the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device;

The short-range communication module of the intermediate device is configured to transmit, by using the plurality of short-distance communication technologies, the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device, or simultaneously use the plurality of short-distance communication technologies to share the content The recipient's response message is sent to the shared content provider device.

Preferably, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device is further configured to: after receiving the network configuration information of the shared content provider device, perform network configuration information of the shared content provider device and information of the shared content. Temporary storage.

Preferably, the network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to confirm, according to the response information of the shared content acceptor device, that the shared content acceptor device supports the network communication mode supported by the shared content acceptor device;

The network communication module of the shared content recipient device is configured to access a network of the shared content provider device according to a network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device, and the shared content provider device The network communication module establishes a corresponding network connection, and receives the shared content through the network connection;

a network communication module of the shared content provider device configured to establish the network connection with a network communication module of the shared content acceptor device, and transmit the shared content to the shared content acceptance through the network connection Party equipment.

Preferably, the response information of the shared content acceptor device carries the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content acceptor device;

The short-distance communication of the shared content provider device is further configured to receive the response information returned by the shared content acceptor device by using a short-range communication technology, and acquire operator network communication configuration information of the shared content acceptor device;

The network communication module of the shared content provider device is further configured to be according to the share Receiving carrier network communication configuration information of the recipient device, establishing a corresponding operator network connection with the network communication module of the shared content recipient device, and transmitting the shared content to the sharing through the carrier network connection Content acceptor device;

The network communication module of the shared content acceptor device is further configured to establish the operator network connection with a network communication module of the shared content provider device, and receive the shared content through the operator network connection.

Preferably, the network communication module of the shared content provider device is further configured to send the shared content to the operator network connection by using a short message, a multimedia message, or an IMS session according to the information of the shared content. The shared content acceptor device;

The network communication module of the shared content acceptor device is further configured to receive the shared content by using the short message, MMS, or IMS session through the carrier network connection.

In the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the shared content provider device and the shared content acceptor device exchange network configuration information through the intermediate device and adopt short-range communication technology, and then determine the network communication mode based on the network configuration information. Finally, the shared content is transmitted based on the determined network communication mode, so that even if the short-distance communication technologies supported by the two devices sharing the content are different, the network configuration information can be exchanged, and the devices sharing the content cannot directly interact with the network. The problem of configuration information, and simplifying the processing process of sharing content between devices, improving the efficiency of sharing content between devices, solving the cumbersome process of sharing content between devices, saving time and effort, and high efficiency. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of an implementation of a method for sharing content between devices according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for sharing content between devices according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of sharing content between devices according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of sharing content between devices according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. detailed description

In the embodiment of the present invention, when content sharing is performed between devices, the devices first exchange network configuration information of each other through an intermediate device, and then interact with the content to be shared through the corresponding network communication module according to the network configuration information.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the method for sharing content between devices in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

Step 101: The information sharing the network configuration information and the shared content between the shared content provider device and the shared content accepting device through the intermediate device and using the short-range communication technology;

Here, the information of the shared content may include an identifier, a name, and/or a type of the shared content, and the like; the short-range communication technology may be an infrared communication technology, a radio frequency communication technology, or an NFC technology.

The shared content provider device sends the network configuration information and the shared content information configured to indicate the network communication mode supported by the shared content provider to the intermediate device by using the short-range communication technology; the intermediate device uses the short-range communication technology to receive the network of the shared content provider. Configuring the information and the information of the shared content, and transmitting the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using short-range communication technology; the shared content acceptor device receives the sharing by using short-distance communication technology The network configuration information of the content provider device and the information of the shared content, and returning the agreed response information to the intermediate device by using the short-range communication technology; the intermediate device receives the response information of the shared content recipient device by using the short-range communication technology and forwards Providing the shared content provider device; the shared content provider device receiving the response information of the shared content recipient device by using a short-range communication technology; and the short-distance communication technology adopted by the shared content provider device Said shared content providing the same or different short-range communication technology used by the device side; said intermediate shared content providing apparatus supports the short-range communication technology used party device and the shared content providing apparatus side short-range communication technology used.

Here, the intermediate device supports multiple short-range communication technologies; The plurality of short-range communication technologies send the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device, or simultaneously use the plurality of short-range communication technologies to share the network configuration information of the content provider and The information of the shared content is sent to the shared content acceptor device; the intermediate device uses the plurality of short-range communication technologies to transmit the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device, or simultaneously adopts the plurality of short-distance communication The technology sends the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device.

Here, after the intermediate device receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider device by using the short-range communication technology, the intermediate device may temporarily store the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and the information of the shared content, and wait for the middle. After establishing a connection between the device and the shared content recipient device, the network configuration information of the shared content provider device is sent to the shared content acceptor device.

The network configuration information may be information of a network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device or the shared content recipient device; the network communication mode may be a wireless communication mode such as WiFi, Wireless Fidelity, Bluetooth, or the like. It may also be a wired communication mode, and the wireless communication mode may be a mobile operator communication mode or a fixed network operator communication mode or the like. For example, the wireless communication mode may be Ethernet, second generation mobile communication technology (2G), third generation mobile communication technology (3G), or long term evolution (LTE); wired communication mode may be passive optical network (PON) communication Technology, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.

Step 102: The shared content acceptor device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device according to the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and acquires the shared content.

The shared content provider device confirms that the shared content acceptor device supports the network communication mode supported by the shared content recipient device according to the response information of the shared content acceptor device; and the shared content acceptor device according to the shared content a network communication mode supported by the provider device, accessing the network of the shared content provider device, establishing a corresponding network connection with the shared content provider device; and the shared content provider device connecting through the network connection device Total The content is delivered to the shared content recipient device.

The response information of the shared content acceptor device may further carry the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content acceptor device; the method further includes: the shared content provider device according to the shared content acceptor device Responding to the carrier network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device, confirming that the shared content recipient device does not support the network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device; and the shared content provider device according to the shared content a carrier network communication configuration information of the recipient device, establishing a corresponding operator network connection with the shared content recipient device; the shared content provider device transmitting the shared content to the Share content recipient devices.

Here, the shared content provider device transmits the shared content to the shared content acceptor device by using the short message, the multimedia message, or the IMS session through the operator network connection according to the information of the shared content.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for sharing content, where the device includes: a short-range communication module and a network communication module, wherein the short-range communication module is configured to complete network configuration information by short-distance communication technology and Interaction of information sharing content; a network communication module configured to establish a network connection and to acquire or transmit the shared content.

Here, the short-range communication technology is an infrared communication technology, or a radio frequency communication technology or an NFC technology. Correspondingly, the short-range communication module may be an infrared communication module, a radio frequency communication module or an NFC module.

In a practical application, the short-range communication module and the network communication module may be used by a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), or a field in the device sharing the content. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for sharing content between devices. As shown in FIG. 2, the system includes a shared content provider device, an intermediate device, and a shared content receiver. The shared content provider device and the shared content acceptor device respectively include the short-range communication module and the network communication module described above; the intermediate device includes a short-range communication module that supports multiple short-range communication technologies.

The short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to send, by using a short-range communication technology, network configuration information and shared content information configured to indicate a network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device to the intermediate device; and And configured to receive, by using a short-range communication technology, response information of the shared content recipient device forwarded by the intermediate device;

Here, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device supports a plurality of short-range communication technologies; the short-range communication module of the intermediate device is configured to take the network configuration information and share of the shared content provider in turn by using the plurality of short-range communication technologies The content information is sent to the shared content The recipient device, or the plurality of short-range communication technologies simultaneously, send the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content acceptor device;

Here, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device is further configured to temporarily perform network configuration information of the shared content provider device and information of the shared content after receiving the network configuration information of the shared content provider device. storage.

The network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to confirm, according to the response information of the shared content acceptor device, that the shared content acceptor device supports a network communication mode supported by the shared content receiving device; a network communication module of the party device, configured to access a network of the shared content provider device according to a network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device, and establish a corresponding network communication module of the shared content provider device Network connection, and receiving the shared content through the network connection; the network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to establish the network connection with the network communication module of the shared content recipient device, and pass The network connection transmits the shared content to the shared content recipient device.

Here, the response information of the shared content acceptor device carries the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content acceptor device; the short distance communication of the shared content provider device is further configured to receive by the short distance communication technology. And the network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to receive the response according to the shared content, and the network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to receive the response information. Carrier network communication configuration information of the party device, establishing a corresponding operator network connection with the network communication module of the shared content recipient device, and connecting the network through the carrier network And the network communication module of the shared content recipient device is further configured to establish the operator network connection with the network communication module of the shared content provider device, and pass the The carrier network connection receives the shared content.

Here, the network communication module of the shared content provider device is further configured to send the shared content to the office by using the short message, the multimedia message, or the IMS session by using the information of the shared content according to the information of the shared content. Shared content recipient device;

Embodiment 1

In this embodiment, the device B and the device C share the content through the intermediate device A, the device A is the provider of the shared content, the device B is the recipient of the shared content, and the device B supports the network communication mode supported by the device C. As shown in FIG. 3, the process of sharing content between the device B and the device C in this embodiment may specifically include the following steps:

Step 301a: The user performs a trigger operation of sharing the service between the device B and the device C on the intermediate device A;

Step 301b: The short-range communication module of the intermediate device A initiates a shared service request to the device B as the shared content provider;

In actual applications, there are many operations that can be configured to trigger the shared service on the intermediate device A. For example, it can be triggered by operating a menu related to sharing services in the intermediate device A, or by triggering a shortcut, gesture, or shaking of the shared service. After the triggering operation of the shared service is performed by the intermediate device A, the intermediate device A generates a shared service request, where the shared service request includes the device identifier of the shared content provider, the device identifier of the shared content recipient, and the shared content. After the information is identified, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device A transmits the shared service request to the device of the shared content provider. In this embodiment, the device that shares the content provider is device B, and the device that shares the content receiver is the device. Here, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device A can support a plurality of short-range communication technologies. When the shared service request is sent to the device B, the short-range communication module sends the shared service request together or in turn by using various short-distance communication technologies supported by the short-range communication module. To device B, the short-range communication module of device B is enabled to receive the shared service request.

Step 302a: The device B receives the shared service request, and obtains network configuration information of each network communication module.

Step 302b: Device B sends its own network configuration information and shared content information to the intermediate device A through its short-range communication module;

Here, the network configuration information refers to configuration information of a network communication mode supported by the device B, and specifically includes information such as a name and an access mode of the network communication technology supported by the device B. For example, the device B includes a WiFi communication module. Supporting WiFi communication, the network configuration information may include a WiFi identifier and a service set identifier (SSID) of the WiFi. If the device B includes a Bluetooth communication module and supports Bluetooth, the network configuration information may include a Bluetooth identifier and a Bluetooth serial number (ID). Wait. Generally, device B can include multiple network communication modules, and supports multiple network communication modes at the same time, and correspondingly can include configuration information of multiple network communication modes.

In this embodiment, the network communication mode supported by the device B is generally a network communication mode characterized by large-capacity communication, short-distance communication, and high bandwidth.

Here, the short-distance communication module of the device B may specifically be a communication module such as infrared, radio frequency or NFC, and transmits its own network configuration information to the intermediate device A through a corresponding short-distance communication technology. For example, if the short-distance communication module of the device B is an infrared communication module, the network configuration information is transmitted to the intermediate device A through infrared technology, and if the short-distance communication module of the device B is a radio frequency communication module, the radio frequency method is adopted. The network configuration information is transmitted to the intermediate device A. If the short-distance communication module of the device B is an NFC communication module, the network configuration information is transmitted to the intermediate device A through the corresponding NFC.

Step 303: The intermediate device A receives the device B from its short-range communication module. Network configuration information and information sharing content, and temporarily storing network configuration information of device B;

Step 304: The user aligns the intermediate device A with the device C, and the short-distance communication module of the intermediate device A is connected with the short-distance communication module of the device C as the shared content acceptor, and the intermediate device A sets the network configuration information and sharing of the device B. The content information is sent to device C;

Here, the short-range communication module of the intermediate device A can support a plurality of short-range communication technologies. When the network configuration information of the device B is sent to the device C, the short-distance communication module of the intermediate device A supports various short-distance communication technologies supported by itself. The network configuration information of the device B is sent together or in turn to the device C, so that the short-range communication module of the device C can receive the network configuration information of the device B. Step 305a: The short-range communication module of the device C receives the network configuration information and sharing of the device B. Information of the content;

Step 305b: Device C returns to the intermediate device A through its own short-range communication module to agree to share the response information;

After receiving the network configuration information of the device B and the information of the shared content, the device C may generate the sharing prompt information and display it to the user when determining the network communication mode indicated by the network configuration information of the device B, and prompt the user whether to perform the shared. If the user agrees, device C generates a response message that agrees to the share and returns it to the intermediate device.

Here, after receiving the network configuration information of the device B and the information of the shared content, the device C may perform corresponding authentication, authentication, or other security processing, and obtain the corresponding authentication, authentication, or other security information, and then carry it in the office. The response information is returned to the intermediate device A.

Step 306: The intermediate device A receives the response information returned by the device C through its short-range communication module, and forwards the response information of the device C to the device B by its short-range communication module, and the device B receives the short-distance communication module through the device. Response information of device C;

Step 307: Establish a network connection between the device B and the device C. The device C accesses the network of the device C according to the network configuration information of the device B, and establishes a network connection. Alternatively, the device B can also access the network of the device C. If the device B joins the network of the device C, the device C needs to carry its own network configuration information in the response information in the above step 305. Device A returns to device B, so that device B can join device C's network based on device C's network configuration information.

Step 308: According to the attribute of the content to be shared, the device B and the device C negotiate to determine a transmission parameter, and the device B uses the transmission parameter determined by the negotiation to perform format conversion, encoding, or encryption on the shared content, and then share The content is transmitted to the device C through its own network communication module; here, the transmission parameter may include a format, a coding mode, a rate, a security method, and the like for negotiating the transmitted content. In general, the shared parameters are different, and the transmission parameters are different. In actual applications, the transmission parameters may be negotiated based on the attributes of the shared content based on the related technologies.

Here, the network communication module of the device B can transmit the shared content to the device C by using various related transmission technologies. For example, a real-time transport protocol (RTP)/real-time transport control protocol (RTCP), a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), or the like can be adopted.

Step 309: The network communication module of the device C receives the shared content transmitted by the device B, and performs processing such as format conversion, decoding, or decryption, and then processes the shared content based on the operation of the user.

Here, after the device C performs corresponding format conversion, decoding, or decryption processing on the shared content, the device performs operations such as storing, displaying, and printing on the shared content based on the user's instruction.

Embodiment 2

In this embodiment, device B and device C share content through intermediate device A, device B is a provider of shared content, device C is a recipient of shared content, and device C supports a network communication mode supported by device B. As shown in FIG. 4, the process of sharing content between device A and device B in this embodiment may specifically include the following steps:

Steps 401~404: the same as steps 301~304; Step 405a: The short-range communication module of the device C receives the network configuration information of the device B and the information of the shared content.

Step 405b: Device C returns to the intermediate device A through its own short-range communication module to agree to share the response information;

After receiving the network configuration information of the device B, the device C may generate the sharing prompt information and display it to the user when it is determined that the network communication mode indicated by the device A network configuration information is not supported, and prompt the user whether to share and not support. The corresponding network communication mode. If the user performs the operation of agreeing to share on the device C, the device C generates the response information that is agreed to be shared and returns to the device B through its short-range communication module, and can carry the operator supported by the device C in the response information. Network communication configuration information;

Here, if the device C supports the mobile operator communication mode, the carrier network communication configuration information may include a mobile terminal number or the like, and if the device C supports the fixed network operator communication module, the carrier network communication configuration information may include Fixed network number, etc. If the device C supports multiple carrier communication modes at the same time, the carrier network communication configuration information may include related information of the plurality of carrier communication modes.

Step 406: The same as step 306;

Step 407: Establish a network connection between device B and device C.

The device B receives the response information returned by the device C through its short-range communication module, obtains the operator network communication configuration information of the device C, and determines that it also supports the corresponding carrier network communication mode, according to the attribute of the shared content. Selecting a carrier network communication mode, and establishing a corresponding network connection with the device C through the corresponding network communication module;

Step 408: Device B transmits the shared content to device C through a network connection with device C;

For example, device B may choose to use the mobile operator communication mode to transmit shared content. At this time, if the shared content is text, it may be shared by the own network communication module through short messages. The shared content is transmitted to the device C. If the shared content is a long text plus a picture or multimedia information, the shared content is transmitted to the device C by the own network communication module by means of a multimedia message, and if the shared content is a multimedia file, The own network communication module transmits the shared content to the device C in the manner of an IMS session.

Here, the selection of the operator network communication mode may be automatically selected by the device B according to a pre-configured selection rule, or the user may be prompted to make a selection and complete the selection of the communication mode based on the user's final selection. Selecting the communication mode according to the attribute of the shared content may be completed by the device B according to a pre-configured rule, or may be completed by human-computer interaction.

Step 409: The network communication module of the device C receives the shared content transmitted by the device B, and processes the shared content based on the user's operation.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Industrial applicability

In the technical solution described in the embodiment of the present invention, the shared content provider device and the shared content acceptor device exchange network configuration information and shared content information through the intermediate device and use the short-range communication technology; the shared content acceptor device according to the sharing The network configuration information of the content provider device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device and acquires the shared content, solves the problem that the device sharing the content cannot directly interact with the network configuration information, and simplifies the processing of the shared content between the devices. Process, saving time and effort, and high efficiency.

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1. A method for sharing content between devices, the method includes:

The shared content provider device and the shared content recipient device exchange network configuration information and shared content information through an intermediate device and using short-distance communication technology;

The shared content recipient device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device according to the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and obtains the shared content.

2. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 1, wherein the short-distance communication technology is infrared communication technology, radio frequency communication technology or near field communication NFC technology.

3. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shared content provider device and the shared content recipient device interact with network configuration information and shared content through an intermediate device and using short-range communication technology. information, including:

The shared content provider device uses short-range communication technology to send network configuration information and shared content information configured to indicate the network communication mode it supports to the intermediate device;

The intermediate device uses short-range communication technology to receive the shared content provider's network configuration information and shared content information, and uses short-range communication technology to send the shared content provider's network configuration information and shared content information to the shared content recipient device;

The shared content recipient device uses short-range communication technology to receive the network configuration information and shared content information of the shared content provider device, and uses short-range communication technology to return response information agreeing to share to the intermediate device;

The intermediate device uses short-range communication technology to receive the response information from the shared content recipient device and forwards it to the shared content provider device;

The shared content provider device uses short-range communication technology to receive the response information from the shared content recipient device;

The short-distance communication technology used by the shared content provider device is the same as or different from the short-distance communication technology used by the shared content provider device; the intermediate device supports the shared content The short-range communication technology used by the content provider device and the short-range communication technology used by the shared content provider device.

4. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 3, wherein,

The intermediate device supports a variety of short-distance communication technologies;

The intermediate device takes turns using the multiple short-range communication technologies to send the shared content provider's network configuration information and shared content information to the shared content recipient device, or simultaneously uses the multiple short-range communication technologies to send the shared content provider The network configuration information and shared content information are sent to the shared content recipient device;

The intermediate device takes turns using the multiple short-range communication technologies to send the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device, or uses the multiple short-range communication technologies at the same time to send the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider. Content provider device.

5. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 3, wherein, after the intermediate device uses short-distance communication technology to receive the network configuration information of the shared content provider device, the method further includes: the intermediate device transfers the shared content to the shared content provider device. The network configuration information of the content provider device and the information of the shared content are temporarily stored.

6. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 3, wherein the shared content recipient device establishes a network connection with the shared content provider device and obtains the shared content according to the network configuration information of the shared content provider device. , include:

The shared content provider device confirms that the shared content recipient device supports the network communication mode it supports based on the response information of the shared content recipient device;

The shared content provider device transmits the shared content to the shared content recipient device through the network connection.

7. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 3, wherein,

The response information of the shared content recipient device carries the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device;

The method also includes:

The shared content provider device obtains the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device according to the response information of the shared content recipient device, and confirms that the shared content recipient device does not support the network it supports. communication mode;

The shared content provider device establishes a corresponding operator network connection with the shared content recipient device according to the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device; the shared content provider device establishes a corresponding operator network connection through the operator The shared content is sent to the shared content recipient device via a business network connection.

8. The method for sharing content between devices according to claim 5, wherein the shared content provider device sends the shared content to the shared content recipient device through the operator network connection, including:

The shared content provider device sends the shared content to the shared content recipient through the operator's network connection in the form of short message, multimedia message or Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem IMS session according to the information of the shared content. equipment.

9. A device for sharing content, the device includes: a short-distance communication module and a network communication module, wherein,

The short-range communication module is configured to complete the interaction of network configuration information and shared content information through short-range communication technology;

A network communication module configured to establish a network connection and obtain or transmit the shared content.

10. The device for sharing content according to claim 9, wherein the short-distance communication technology is infrared communication technology, radio frequency communication technology or near field communication NFC technology.

11. A system for sharing content between devices, the system includes a shared content provider device, Intermediate device and shared content recipient device, wherein the shared content provider device and shared content recipient device include a short-range communication module and a network communication module respectively; the intermediate device includes a short-range communication module that supports multiple short-range communication technologies ;

12. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 11, wherein the short-distance communication technology is infrared communication technology, radio frequency communication technology or near field communication NFC technology.

13. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to indicate network communications supported by the shared content provider device through short-range communication technology. The network configuration information of the mode and the information of the shared content are sent to the intermediate device; and, configured to use short-distance communication technology to receive the response information of the shared content recipient device forwarded by the intermediate device;

The short-range communication module of the intermediate device supports the short-range communication technology used by the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device and the short-range communication technology used by the shared content recipient device, and is configured to use short-range communication The technology receives the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content, and uses short-range communication technology to send the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content recipient device; and, is configured to use short-range communication technology. The distance communication technology receives the response information from the shared content recipient device and forwards it to the shared content provider device;

The short-range communication module of the shared content recipient device is configured to receive network configuration information and shared content information of the shared content provider device; and, configured to use short-range communication technology to return response information agreeing to share to the shared content provider device. The above-mentioned intermediate equipment;

The short-range communication technology used by the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device is the same as the short-range communication technology used by the short-range communication module of the shared content provider device, or Different; The short-distance communication module of the intermediate device supports the short-distance communication technology adopted by the short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device and the short-distance communication technology adopted by the short-distance communication module of the shared content provider device.

14. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 13, wherein,

The short-distance communication module of the intermediate device supports a variety of short-distance communication technologies;

The short-distance communication module of the intermediate device is configured to use the plurality of short-distance communication technologies in turn to send the network configuration information of the shared content provider and the information of the shared content to the shared content recipient device, or use the plurality of short-distance communication technologies at the same time. The distance communication technology sends the shared content provider’s network configuration information and shared content information to the shared content recipient device;

The short-range communication module of the intermediate device is configured to use the multiple short-range communication technologies in turn to send the response information of the shared content recipient to the shared content provider device, or to use the multiple short-range communication technologies to send the shared content simultaneously. The recipient's response information is sent to the shared content provider device.

15. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 13, wherein,

The short-distance communication module of the intermediate device is further configured to temporarily store the network configuration information of the shared content provider device and the shared content information after receiving the network configuration information of the shared content provider device.

16. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 13, wherein,

The network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to confirm that the shared content recipient device supports the network communication mode supported by itself according to the response information of the shared content recipient device;

The network communication module of the shared content recipient device is configured to access the network of the shared content provider device according to the network communication mode supported by the shared content provider device, and communicate with the shared content provider device. The network communication module establishes a corresponding network connection and receives the shared content through the network connection; The network communication module of the shared content provider device is configured to establish the network connection with the network communication module of the shared content recipient device, and transmit the shared content to the shared content acceptor through the network connection. equipment.

17. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 13, wherein,

The short-range communication of the shared content provider device is also configured to receive the response information returned by the shared content recipient device through short-range communication technology, and obtain the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device;

The network communication module of the shared content provider device is also configured to establish a corresponding operator network connection with the network communication module of the shared content recipient device according to the operator network communication configuration information of the shared content recipient device. , and send the shared content to the shared content recipient device through the operator network connection;

The network communication module of the shared content recipient device is further configured to establish the operator network connection with the network communication module of the shared content provider device, and receive the shared content through the operator network connection.

18. The system for sharing content between devices according to claim 17, wherein,

The network communication module of the shared content provider device is also configured to send the shared content to the sharer through the operator network connection in the form of short message, multimedia message or IMS session according to the information of the shared content. Content recipient device;

The network communication module of the shared content recipient device is also configured to receive the shared content in the form of short message, multimedia message or IMS session through the operator's network connection.