CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method for controlling an application, comprising:
triggering reading of information of a second device included in a near-field communication (NFC) sensor in response to a distance between a first device and the NFC sensor external to the first device reaching an NFC effective communication distance, and determining the second device based on the information of the second device;
determining a function currently executed by the first device, and determining a capability of the second device;
switching to the second device to continue to execute the function in response to determining that the capability of the second device matches the function; and
displaying, by the first device, relevant information indicating that the second device synchronously executes the function currently executed by the first device;
wherein the function currently executed by the first device comprises an active application of the first device and a function currently executed by the active application, and the capability of the second device comprises applications currently installed on the second device;
and the determining that the capability of the second device matches the function comprises:
determining that the capability of the second device matches the function currently executed by the first device, in response to the second device being installed with at least one of:
the active application of the first device,
an application with the same function as the function currently executed by the active application and
an application with the same function as a part of the function currently executed by the active application.
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