Electronic devices with intuitive sharing capabilities
US11159932B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/64
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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.
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