Method and apparatus for changing device during active connection
View Patent ↗A method and apparatus are shown for changing a first device into a second device during a session. In the method according to the embodiments, information on the session is transmitted from the first device to the second device ( 102, 203, 206 ). Based on the received information, the second device is connected to the session ( 103, 208 ) and the first device is disconnected from the session ( 104, 204 ) such that the session is maintained.
1. A method comprising:
changing a communication session from a first user terminal device to a second user terminal device in response to a monitored distance between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device,
wherein the changing of the communication session from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device is initiated in response to the monitored distance decreasing to a predetermined value,
wherein session information is transmitted from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device,
wherein the second user terminal device is connected to the communication session based on the session information, and
wherein the first user terminal device is disconnected from the session such that the session is maintained with the second user terminal device.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the session information comprises one or more of previous messages received by the first user terminal device via the communication session and information regarding the participant or participants of the communication session.
3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the session information is modified such that device information related to the first user terminal device is modified to apply to the second user terminal device.
4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication session is changed to the second user terminal device in response to at least one of a detected activation of the second user terminal device and a detected deactivation of the first user terminal device.
5. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including computer software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
changing communication session from a first user terminal device to a second user terminal device in response to a monitored distance between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device,
wherein the changing of the communication session from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device is initiated in response to the monitored distance decreasing to a predetermined value,
wherein session information is transmitted from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device,
wherein the second user terminal device is connected to the session based on the session information, and
wherein the first user terminal device is disconnected from the session such that the session is maintained with the second user terminal device.
6. An apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the session information comprises one or more of previous messages received by the first user terminal device via the communication session and information regarding the participant or participants of the communication session.
7. An apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second user terminal device modifies the session information such that device information related to the first user terminal device is modified to apply to the second user terminal device.
8. An apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the session information is transmitted via a direct connection between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device.
9. An apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the communication session is changed to the second user terminal device in response to at least one of a detected activation of the second user terminal device and a detected deactivation of the first user terminal device.
10. A user terminal device, comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including computer software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user terminal device at least to perform,
determining to transmit session information to a second user terminal device, the session information regarding a communication session to which the user terminal device is connected, and
disconnecting the user terminal device from the communication session after the second user terminal device is connected to the communication session based on the session information, and
wherein the determining to transmit the session information and disconnecting the user terminal device from the communication session are performed in response to a monitored distance between the user terminal device and the second user terminal device, and are initiated in response to the monitored distance decreasing to a predetermined value.
11. A user terminal device, comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory including computer software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user terminal device at least to perform,
receiving session information from a first user terminal device, the session information regarding a communication session to which the first user terminal device is connected, and
connecting the user terminal device to the communication session based on the session information, and
wherein the receiving session information and connecting the user terminal device to the communication session are performed in response to a monitored distance between the user terminal device and the first user terminal device, and are initiated in response to the monitored distance decreasing to a predetermined value.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least:
changing communication from a first user terminal device to a second user terminal device in response to a monitored distance between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device,
wherein the changing of the communication session from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device is initiated in response to the monitored distance decreasing to a predetermined value,
wherein session information is transferred from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device,
wherein the second user terminal device is connected to the session based on the session information, and
wherein the first user terminal device is disconnected from the session such that the session is maintained with the second user terminal device.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12 , wherein the communication session is changed from the first user terminal device to the second user terminal device in response to at least one of a detected activation of the second user terminal device and a detected deactivation of the first user terminal device.
14. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the session information is transmitted via a direct connection between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device.
15. A method according to claim 14 , wherein the direct connection is achieved via a short range communication comprising one of a wired connection, a Bluetooth connection, an infrared connection, a wireless local area network connection, and a radio frequency connection.
16. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the disconnecting of the first user terminal device from the session is initiated in response to the monitored distance increasing to a predetermined value.
17. An apparatus method according to claim 8 , wherein the direct connection is achieved via a short range communication comprising one of a wired connection, a Bluetooth connection, an infrared connection, a wireless local area network connection, and a radio frequency connection.
18. A apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the disconnecting of the first user terminal device from the session is initiated in response to the monitored distance increasing to a predetermined value.
19. A user terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the session information is transmitted via a direct connection between the user terminal device and the second user terminal device.
20. A user terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the session information is received via a direct connection between the first user terminal device and the user terminal device.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12 , wherein the session information is received via a direct connection between the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device.