Synchronizing head-worn computers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017295229-A1
Application number	US-201615094039-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 8, 2016
Priority date	Apr 8, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to synchronizing presentation of content in head-worn computing systems including linking the multiple users to the same access point in the cloud, the users indicating to the cloud that they would like to participate in a synchronized experience of the content and identifying, by the cloud, how many head-worn computers will be included in the synchronized experience of the content. The method further includes downloading the content to the multiple head-worn computers from the cloud, polling the multiple head-worn computers to determine the percentage of the content that has been downloaded to each of multiple head-worn computers, and when all of the multiple head-worn computers has exceeded a predetermined percentage of content that has been downloaded, sending a start command from the cloud to each of the head-worn computers simultaneously to begin a synchronized presentation of the content to all of the multiple users.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A method for synchronizing content from the cloud between multiple head-worn computers to provide a synchronized experience to multiple users of head-worn computers, comprising:
linking the multiple users to the same access point in the cloud; identifying how many head-worn computers will be included in the synchronized experience of the content, the multiple users indicating to the cloud that they would like to participate in a synchronized experience of the content; downloading the content to the multiple head-worn computers from the cloud; polling the multiple head-worn computers to determine the percentage of the content that has been downloaded to each of multiple head-worn computers; and when all of the multiple head-worn computers has exceeded a predetermined percentage of content that has been downloaded, sending a start command to each of the head-worn computers simultaneously to begin a synchronized presentation of the content to all of the multiple users.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is selected by each of the multiple users.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising verifying that the multiple user are all in a same location.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the verifying includes determining that the multiple head-worn computers share a common IP address.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the verifying includes determining that the multiple head-worn computers have the same GPS location.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the verifying includes determining that the multiple head-worn computers have had compass headings that are opposite to at least one other head-worn computer within a period of time, thereby indicating that the users have looked at one another.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
a. the cloud supplying the content with time stamps; and b. the cloud polling the multiple head-worn computers to determine whether the content is synchronized.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein if the content is determined to not be synchronized as presented on one of the head-worn computers, a portion of the content is repeated or removed on the one head-worn computer to improve the synchronization of the content between the multiple head-worn computers.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein if the link to the cloud is lost, one of the head-worn computers is selected as a host and the other head-worn computers in the group are designated as clients, and the host provides synchronized content to the clients.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting is accomplished by communication between the multiple head-worn computers to determine which of the head-worn computers has downloaded the most of the content.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple users download an application that controls the steps included in the method of synchronizing content from the cloud.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content includes one or more of the following: movies, games or interactive experiences with imagery and haptic stimulation.

13 . A method of simultaneously sharing content between multiple users of head-worn computers so that the content is presented to the multiple users in a synchronized fashion, comprising:
a user downloading content to one of the head-worn computers; identifying the one head-worn computer as a host for sharing the content; one or more other head-worn computers indicating that they would like to share the content as clients; the host polling adjacent head-worn computers to identify which head-worn computers the content is to be shared with; the host downloading the content to the identified head-worn computers; and the host simultaneously initiating a start of the content in the identified head-worn computers.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of identifying which head-worn computers the content is to be shared with includes the step of identifying head-worn computers with the same IP address.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of identifying which head-worn computers the content is to be shared with includes the step of identifying head-worn computers with the same GPS address.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the step of identifying which head-worn computers the content is to be shared with, includes the step of identifying which head-worn computers have had opposite compass headings to the host within a period of time, thereby indicating that the users have looked at one another.

17 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising the steps of:
providing, from the host, the content with time stamps; and polling, by the host, the clients to determine whether the content is synchronized as presented on the clients' head-worn displays.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein if the content is determined to not be synchronized as presented on one of the head-worn computers, a portion of the content is repeated or removed on the one of the head-worn computers to improve the synchronization of the content between the multiple head-worn computers.

Assignees

• Osterhout Group Inc

Inventors

• Shams Nima L
• Maheshaiah Suhas
• Border John N

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• G06V10/235

  based on user input or interaction · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• H04L67/1095 Primary

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic