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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Difei Tang, Beijing, CN;
Sin Lew, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wei Hun Liew, Beijing, CN;
Kong-kat Wong, Renton, WA (US);
Sun H. Shaw, Beijing, CN;
Xu Ji, Beijing, CN;
Difei Tang, Beijing, CN;
Sin Lew, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wei Hun Liew, Beijing, CN;
Kong-Kat Wong, Renton, WA (US);
Sun H. Shaw, Beijing, CN;
Xu Ji, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a technology by which a mobile computing device such as a mobile telephone operates differently based on detected proximity to another mobile device with which the first mobile device has a defined relationship. For example, the first mobile device may transfer content to the second mobile computing device when proximity corresponds to a non-cellular communications coupling, such as Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi coupling. In this manner, content transfer is deferred until a non-cellular coupling exists. The mobile device (or both devices) may output a notification to indicate that the other mobile computing device has been detected within a threshold proximity, such as via GPS data or by being within the same cellular tower. The type and/or settings of an output notification may vary based on different thresholds.