US Patent Application 18246184. FILE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE simplified abstract

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FILE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Organization Name

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


Inventor(s)

Yubing Guo of Shenzhen (CN)


FILE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18246184 Titled 'FILE SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a method and device for sharing files between electronic devices. The method involves displaying an application associated with a specific file on one device, and then sending the file and application identifiers to another device when the user selects the application. This allows the second device to quickly and easily open the file using the associated application. Overall, this method enables efficient cross-device sharing and opening of various file types.


Original Abstract Submitted

A file sharing method and an electronic device are disclosed. In the method, a first electronic device displays, in response to a first operation, an application associated with a first file in a first device set. The application includes a first application on a second electronic device. The first electronic device sends an identifier of the first file and an identifier of the first application to the second electronic device in response to an operation that a user selects the first application, so that the second electronic device opens the first file by using the first application. According to the method, more types of files are quickly and conveniently shared with another electronic device in a cross-device manner and are opened by using an associated application.