US 10,761,906 B2 · Multi-device collaboration

Abstract

Examples relate to multi-device collaboration. The examples disclosed herein enable identifying, by a first computing device having a first processor, a first role to be played by the first computing device when the first computing device is connected with a second computing device having a second processor. The second computing device may play a second role when the second computing device is connected with the first computing device. The examples further enable determining, by the first computing device, when at least one predetermined triggering event occurs that causes the first role and second role to be switched such that the first role is played by the second computing device and the second role is played by the first computing device.

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Dependent claims

A method for execution by a computing device for multi-device collaboration, the method comprising:

identifying, by a first computing device having a first processor, a first role, from among multiple possible roles, to be played by the first computing device in response to the first computing device being connected with a second computing device having a second processor, wherein the second computing device plays a second role, different from the first role, when the second computing device is connected with the first computing device, wherein one of the roles is to receive user input from a user and another of the roles is to display information to the same user, wherein the user is a single user who is operating both the first and second computing devices in different roles;
and
determining, by the first computing device, when at least one predetermined triggering event occurs that causes the first role and second role to be switched such that the first role is played by the second computing device and the second role is played by the first computing device.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor of a first tablet computing device for multi-device collaboration, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions to generate a user prompt for a user to select a first role to be associated with the first tablet computing device from a group of multiple different roles that the first tablet computing device is capable of performing;
instructions to associate the first role with the first tablet computing device, wherein the first tablet computing device operates in accordance with the first role when the first tablet computing device is connected with a second tablet computing device, a second role being associated with the second tablet computing device;
instructions to determine when at least one predetermined triggering event occurs that causes the first role to be switched with the second role that is associated with the second tablet computing device;
and
in response to determining that the at least one predetermined triggering event occurs, instructions to associate the second role with the first tablet computing device, wherein the first tablet computing device operates in accordance with the second role when the first tablet computing device is connected with the second tablet computing device.

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A system for multi-device collaboration comprising:

a first tablet computing device comprising a first processor that:
executes a first set of tasks associated with a first role of receiving user input from a user when the first tablet computing device is connected to a second tablet computing device;
and
a second tablet computing device comprising a second processor that:
executes a second set of tasks associated with a second role of displaying content for the user when the second tablet computing device is connected to the first tablet computing device,
detects an orientation change in at least one of the first tablet computing device and the second tablet computing device, and
executes the first set of tasks instead of the second set of tasks based on the detected orientation change;
wherein the first tablet computing device comprises a first touch-screen and the second tablet computing device comprises a second touch-screen, the first processor that:
obtains first content inputted via the first touch-screen;
in response to determining that the user has interacted with the first content on the first tablet computing device, obtains second content inputted via the second touch-screen;
and
generates third content that combines the first content and the second content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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