Shared user interface
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsCharles Schultz, Stuart Kreitzer, Joseph Patino, Camilo Villamil
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Abstract
A system (200) includes a visiting wireless device (202) and a host wireless device (206) that communicate with each other. A shared user interface is commonly used by the two devices. During an ongoing interaction between a user of the visiting device (202) and a user of the host device (206), images of each user (106 and 108) are communicated to the other device and both devices display the images of both user. Through updated images communicated back and forth between the devices, the users “virtually” interact with the shared user interface. A permission level restricts the interactions available to the visiting device (202).
Claims20
A method for sharing a user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- capturing with a first device at least one image of a first user of the first device;
- sending the image of the first user to a second device;
- receiving from the second device at least one image of a second user of the second device;
- simultaneously displaying in a user interface of the first device the image of the first user, the image of the second user, and at least one user interface element that is a graphical object representing content on the second device;
- updating the user interface of the first device, based on movement of the first user, such that the displayed image of the first user interacts with the displayed user interface element;
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- receiving from the second device content represented by the displayed user interface element.
A method for sharing a user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- capturing with a first device at least one image of a first user of the first device;
- sending the image of the first user to a second device;
- receiving from the second device at least one image of a second user of the second device;
- simultaneously displaying in a user interface of the first device the image of the first user, the image of the second user, and at least one user interface element that is a graphical object representing content on the first device;
- receiving from the second device an updated image of the second user of the second device, the updated image representing movement of the second user such that the displayed image of the second user interacts with the displayed user interface element;
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- sending to the first device content represented by the displayed user interface element.
A method for negotiating a shared user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a first device a first user interface identifier for a second device;
- if a current user interface of the first device corresponds to the first user interface identifier, performing the sub-steps of:
- sending to the second device the first user interface identifier;
- and
- simultaneously displaying in the current user interface of the first device an image of the first user, an image of the second user, and at least one user interface element that is a graphical object representing content on the second device;
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- if the current user interface of the first device does not correspond to the first user interface identifier but the first device is capable of displaying a second user interface that corresponds to the first user interface identifier, performing the sub-steps of:
- sending to the second device the first user interface identifier;
- switching the current user interface of the first device to the second user interface;
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- simultaneously displaying in the second user interface on the first device an image of the first user, an image of the second user, and at least one user interface element that is a graphical object representing content on the second device.
A wireless device that is capable of using a shared user interface, the wireless device comprising:
- an object capturing device for capturing at least one image of a first user of the wireless device;
- a transmitter for sending the image of the first user to a second device;
- a receiver for receiving from the second device at least one image of a second user of the second device;
- a display simultaneously displaying in a user interface of the wireless device the image of the first user, the image of the second user, and at least one user interface element that is a graphical object representing content on the second device;
- a controller for updating the user interface of the wireless device, based on movement of the first user, such that the displayed image of the first user interacts with the displayed user interface element;
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- wherein the receiver further receives from the second device content represented by the displayed user interface element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.