Gestures for sharing data between devices in close physical proximity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10114543-B2
Application number	US-201514825126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2015
Priority date	Aug 12, 2015
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

The subject technology provides embodiments for sending digital content between proximate computing devices. The computing devices may each have varying display characteristics depending on the specifications of the device. A first computing device may display an interface including representations of digital items. A user may perform a gesture on a touch-sensitive display screen on the first computing device, which selects at least one digital item for sharing with another proximate computing device, in physical contact with the first computing device, in a direction of the gesture. Some embodiments further provide sending a digital item to multiple proximate computing devices using a multi-touch gesture. The multiple proximate computing devices may each have varying display characteristics.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
a touch-sensitive display screen;
an enclosure; and
a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
determine a first device is registered with a content sharing service and is within a distance threshold relative to the computing device, the distance threshold comprising a set distance;
determine a multi-touch gesture performed on the touch-sensitive display screen and at least a portion of the first device, the multi-touch gesture comprising at least a selection of a representation of a digital item, an initial touch position from contact with the touch-sensitive display screen, a terminal position from contact with the portion of the first device, and a touch movement between the initial touch position and the terminal position; and
publish data corresponding to the digital item to the content sharing service for distribution to the first device within the distance threshold based on the multi-touch gesture.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the computing device displays the representation of the digital item based on a first set of display characteristics, wherein the first device displays a second representation of the digital item based on a second set of display characteristics different than the first set of display characteristics.

3. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a first device is registered with a content sharing service and is within a distance threshold of a computing device, the distance threshold comprising a set distance;
determining a multi-touch gesture performed on a touch-sensitive display screen and at least a portion of the first device, the multi-touch gesture comprising at least a selection of a representation of a digital item, an initial touch position from contact with the computing device, a terminal touch position from contact with the first computing device, and a touch movement between the initial touch position and the terminal touch position; and
publishing data corresponding to the digital item to the content sharing service for distribution to the first device within the distance threshold based on the multi-touch gesture.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the initial touch position and the terminal touch position correspond to contact by fingers of a user, including at least one of a thumb, an index finger, or a middle finger.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the computing device displays the representation of the digital item based on a first set of display characteristics, wherein the first device displays a second representation of the digital item based on a second set of display characteristics different than the first set of display characteristics.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the first representation and the second representation are different depictions of the digital item.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored therein that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:
determine a first device is registered with to a content sharing service and is within a distance threshold of the at least one computing device, the distance threshold comprising a distance defined by a reach of a user;
determine a multi-touch gesture performed on a touch-sensitive display screen and at least a portion of the first device, the multi-touch gesture comprising at least a selection of a representation of a digital item, an initial touch position from contact with the touch-sensitive display screen, a terminal touch position from contact with the portion of the first device, and a touch movement between the initial touch position and the terminal touch position; and
publish data corresponding to the digital item to the content sharing service for distribution to the first device within the distance threshold based on the multi-touch gesture.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the computing device displays the representation of the digital item based on a first set of display characteristics, wherein the first device is associated with a second set of display characteristics different than the first set of display characteristics.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first representation and the second representation are different depictions of the digital item.

10. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to:
detect the first device using location information associated with the first device and location information associated with the computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein at least a portion of an enclosure of the computing device is substantially adjacent to at least a portion of an enclosure of the first device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the digital item is associated with a category corresponding to movies, music, books, or apparel.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the data corresponding to the digital item further includes metadata that indicates a location of the digital item.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of an enclosure of the at least one computing device is substantially adjacent to at least a portion of an enclosure of the first device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the digital item is associated with a category corresponding to movies, music, books, or apparel.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the data corresponding to the digital item further includes metadata that indicates a location of the digital item.

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Dand Dhairya

Classifications

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0486 Primary

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title