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US 10,852,917 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for controlling sharing of selected content between a portable communication device and a target device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsRobert Zurek, Joel A Clark, Steve Kim
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Abstract
A method performed by a portable communication device includes determining a list of at least one target device in proximity to the portable communication device. The method further includes receiving a set of non-tactile user commands that indicates selected content and a selected set of target devices on the list and controlling sharing of the selected content between the portable communication device and the selected set of target devices.
Claims15
A method performed by a portable communication device, the method comprising:
- determining a list of at least one target device in proximity to the portable communication device;
- creating a spatial map of relative location and orientation between the portable communication device and each target device on the list;
- determining, by the portable communication device, a target vector for each target device in the list based on the spatial map, wherein each target vector corresponds to the relative location and orientation between the portable device and each target device;
- receiving a voice command that indicates selected content and a selected set of target devices;
- determining that the voice command is unable to identify one or more of the selected set of target devices, and responsively causing the portable communication device to monitor for a spatial gesture command within a threshold period of time after receiving the voice command;
- receiving the spatial gesture command within the threshold period of time after receiving the voice command;
- determining a location vector based on the spatial gesture command;
- determining at least one target device of the selected set of target devices on the list based on a comparison of the location vector to each determined target vector;
- and
- controlling sharing of the selected content between the portable communication device and the at least one target device of the selected set of target devices, wherein controlling the sharing of the selected content comprises controlling the playing of the selected content between the portable communication device and the at least one target device of the selected set of target devices.
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A portable communication device comprising:
- an input component and a voice processing module coupled together to receive an utterance and to detect a voice command from the utterance;
- a sensor hub to detect a spatial gesture command;
- a processor coupled to the voice processing module and the sensor hub, the processor to:
- determine a list of at least one target device in proximity to the portable communication device;
- create a spatial map of relative location and orientation between the portable communication device and each target device on the list;
- determine, by the portable communication device, a target vector for each target device in the list based on the spatial map, wherein each target vector corresponds to the relative location and orientation between the portable device and each target device;
- determine, from the voice command, selected content and a selected set of target devices;
- determine that the voice command is unable to identify one or more of the selected set of target devices, and responsively cause the portable communication device to monitor for the spatial gesture within a threshold period of time after receiving the voice command;
- receive the spatial gesture command within the threshold period of time after receiving the voice command;
- determine, from the spatial gesture command, a location vector;
- determine at least one target device of the selected set of target devices on the list based on a comparison of the location vector to each determined target vector;
- and
- control sharing of the selected content between the portable communication device and the at least one target device of the selected set of target devices, wherein controlling the sharing of the selected content comprises controlling the playing of the selected content between the portable communication device and the at least one target device of the selected set of target devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.