Methods and systems for displaying content on multiple networked devices with a simple command

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020379708-A1
Application number	US-202016995257-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 17, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2010
Publication date	Dec 3, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations comprising:
determining content displayed by a first device;
determining the first device is within a geofence of a second device;
in response to determining the first device is within the geofence, transferring the content from the first device to the second device; and
causing the second device to display the content transferred.

2 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
detecting an input received by the first device that corresponds to the content displayed by the second device; and causing the second device to display one or more changes to the content based at least on the input received by the first device.

3 . The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:
transferring the content with the one or more changes from the second device to the first device based at least on a second input received by the first device; and causing the first device to display the transferred content with the one or more changes.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the geofence of the second device comprises one or more boundaries associated with the second device, and wherein determining the first device is within the geofence of the second device comprises determining the first device is within the one or more boundaries associated with the second device, and wherein transferring the content from the first device to the second device is based at least on the first device within the one or more boundaries associated with the second device.

5 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
determining a destination address associated with the second device, wherein the content is transferred from the first device to the second device based at least on the destination address determined.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising pairing the first device with a connection to the second device based at least on the first device within the geofence of the second device, wherein the content is transferred from the first device to the second device based at least on the connection from the first device to the second device.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the content displayed by the second device comprises content associated with one or more items available with one or more online auctions.

8 . A system, comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations comprising:
detecting an input received by the first device, wherein a location of the first device is within a geofence of a second device;
connecting the first device with the second device based at least on the input received and the location of the first device being within the geofence;
in response to the first device in connection with the second device, transferring content from the first device to the second device; and
causing the second device to display the content transferred.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein connecting the first device with the second device comprises connecting the first device and the second device to one or more networks, and wherein the content is transferred from the first device to the second device over the one or more networks.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the content transferred from the first device to the second device over the one or more networks causes the second device to display the content transferred.

11 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising determining the second device is configured to display the content, and wherein the content is transferred from the first device to the second device based at least on determining the second device is configured to display the content.

12 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
determining a request received from the first device to control the content displayed by the second device, wherein the request is associated with one or more instructions to control the content displayed by the second device; and transmitting the one or more instructions to the second device, wherein the one or more instructions transmitted control the content displayed by the second device.

13 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
detecting a second input received by the first device that corresponds to the content displayed by the second device; and causing the second device to display one or more changes to the content based at least on the second input received by the first device.

14 . The system of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
transferring the content with the one or more changes from the second device to the first device based at least on the second input; and causing the first device to display the content with the one or more changes.

15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting content displayed by a first device; determining a location of the first device is closer to a location of a second device than to a location of a third device; in response to determining the location of the first device is closer to the location of the second device than to the location of the third device, transferring the content from the first device to the second device; and causing the second device to display the content transferred.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first device is paired with the second device and the third device, and wherein the second device displays the content transferred based at least on the location of the first device being closer to the location of the second device than to the location of the third device.

17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations comprising:
determining the first device and the second device are coupled with one or more networks; and enabling the first device to receive a user command based at least on the first device and the second device coupled with the one or more networks, wherein the user command is configured to transfer additional content from the first device to the second device.

18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first device receives the user command based at least on enabling the first device to receive the user command, and wherein the second device displays the content transferred based at least on the user command received.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations comprising:
detecting a selection received by the first device that indicates the second device is selected in lieu of the third device to display the content, and wherein the content is transferred from the first device to the second device based at least on the selection received by the first device.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second device further displays second content transferred from the third device, and wherein the second device comprises a split screen that displays the content transferred from the first device on a first portion of the split screen and the second content

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Hosein Marc Peter
• Yankovich Steve

Classifications

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title

• H04N21/41265

  having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• G06F3/1454 Primary

  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

• H04N21/42209

  for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic programme guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel · CPC title