A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are adjacent to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. A capacitive sensor or other sensor may be used to measure the relative position between two devices when the two devices overlap each other. Content displaying operations and other linked mode operations may be performed based on the measured relative position between the two devices and other information.

In some implementations, a mobile computing device may participate in the calibration of an output signal of a media device. This calibration process includes storing device-specific calibration data which is related to properties of a light sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device then detects of properties of light emitted by the display device during a presentation to obtain sensor values related to light emitted by the display device during the presentation. The calibration process may also ensure that the mobile device is proximate to the display device prior to obtaining the sensor values. The collected sensor values are adjusted using device-specific calibration data stored to the mobile device to normalize the sensor values relative to a baseline. These normalized sensor values are sent to the media device for use in adjusting the output signal based on the normalized sensor values.

According to one embodiment, a file transmission/reception device includes a communication direction managing unit and an application unit. The communication direction managing unit, in near field communication, cuts off a connection with an opposing device in a case where a conflict occurs with the opposing device, and, after being reconnected to the opposing device, switches the file transmission/reception device to any one mode of a master mode and a slave mode. The application unit performs transmission, reception, or transmission/reception of a file between the opposing device and the file transmission/reception device in the master mode or the slave mode in accordance with a mode specified by the communication direction managing unit.

This application provides an image classification method and an electronic device. The image classification method includes: detecting, by a first electronic device, a connection to a second electronic device; allowing, by the first electronic device, a data access request of the second electronic device; sending, by the second electronic device, request information to the first electronic device, where the request information is used to request information about an image in one or more image sets, and each of the one or more image sets is obtained by the first electronic device by classifying images shot by a camera of the first electronic device; sending, by the first electronic device, response information to the second electronic device; and displaying, by the second electronic device, information about each image set by using a display.

A consumer-operated kiosk can include an inspection area configured to receive a first device from a user. The kiosk can include an imaging device configured to image the first device when the first device is positioned within the inspection area. In some embodiments, the kiosk includes a vending apparatus configured to store a plurality of second electronic devices for purchase. The kiosk can include one or more release mechanisms configured to directly release any one of the second electronic devices from the vending apparatus. The kiosk includes one or more processors operably connected to the inspection area, the imaging device, the vending apparatus, and the one or more release mechanisms. The one or more processors can be configured to cause the imaging device to capture one or more images of the first electronic device, facilitate purchase of the first electronic device based at least in part on the one or more captured images of the first electronic device, receive a request to vend a selected phone from among the phones in the vending apparatus, and/or cause the one or more release mechanisms to release the selected phone directly from the vending apparatus into a vending bay of the kiosk.

An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. When two devices are pointed towards one another, each device may automatically present the option to share information with the other device. When a user wishes to share information with one or more devices in a group of users, an array of icons representing the nearby users may be positioned on the display according to the locations of the nearby users so that the sharing user can easily select which user he or she wishes to share with. A sharing user may broadcast a signal and nearby users may elect to receive the signal by pointing their devices towards the sharing user. A user of two devices may share information between the two devices and may use one device to manipulate the information on the other device.

A device includes an image capture device configured to capture a first video. The device includes a memory configured to store one or more videos. The device further includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to concatenate the first video and a second video to generate a combined video. The second video is included in the one or more videos or is accessible via a network. The second video is selected by the processor based on a similarity of a first set of characteristics with a second set of characteristics. The first set of characteristics corresponds to the first video. The second set of characteristics corresponds to the second video.

A method for browsing an application folder includes detecting a first touch operation on a touchscreen of an electronic device, in response to the first touch operation, displaying a first user interface, where the first user interface is a setting screen of a first application program, where the first user interface includes a folder control, detecting a second touch operation on the folder control, and in response to the second touch operation, displaying a second user interface on the touchscreen, where the second user interface is a content details screen of the folder corresponding to the first application program.

A system for remotely controlling an electronic device includes a first electronic device configured to read a frame buffer to compress a screen and transmit the compressed screen, a second electronic device connected to the first electronic device and configured to repeatedly receive the compressed screen, to receive a communication service related event generated in the first electronic device and output the communication service related event, and to receive an event of copying a file between the first electronic device and the second electronic device and pasting the file, and a network configured to form a communication channel between the first electronic device and the second electronic device according to an authentication result of authentication information input into at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

A method of processing information of a portable device includes displaying a preview image output from a camera when a camera application is executed; displaying communication applications corresponding to recognition information of a selected image in the displayed preview image; executing a selected communication application among the displayed communication applications; and transmitting a content/file through the communication application.