Content Transfer involving a Gesture
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsLong Cheng, Yi Xie
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Abstract
Content transfer involving a gesture is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a mobile communications device that includes recognizing a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device that is indicative of a direction, the touchscreen including a display of content. One or more other mobile communications devices are located that are positioned, approximately, along the indicated direction of the gesture. A communication is formed to transfer the content to the located one or more other mobile communications devices.
Claims20
A method implemented by a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
- outputting content to a touchscreen;
- recognizing, concurrently with the outputting, a gesture via the touchscreen that is indicative of a direction;
- determining the direction of the gesture relative to an edge of the touchscreen;
- determining if one or more other mobile communications devices are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen;
- and
- forming a communication to communicate to the one or more other mobile communications devices that are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen.
A mobile communications device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory, coupled to the one or more processors, the memory comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform:
- outputting content to a touchscreen;
- recognizing, concurrently with the outputting, a gesture via the touchscreen that is indicative of a direction;
- determining the direction of the gesture relative to an edge of the touchscreen;
- determining if one or more other mobile communications devices are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen;
- and
- forming a communication to communicate to the one or more other mobile communications devices that are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen.
A system comprising:
- a first mobile communications device configured to:
- output content to a touchscreen;
- recognize, concurrently with the output of the content, a gesture via the touchscreen that is indicative of a direction;
- determine the direction of the gesture relative to an edge of the touchscreen;
- determine if one or more other mobile communications devices are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen;
- form a communication to communicate to the one or more other mobile communications devices that are located in the direction relative to the edge of the touchscreen;
- responsive to forming the communication, transfer the content from the first mobile communications device to one or more of the other mobile communications devices;
- and
- the one or more other mobile communications devices configured to:
- receive a communication of content from the first mobile communication device, the content communicated by the first mobile communications device responsive to recognition of a gesture that is indicative of a direction relative to an edge of the touchscreen of the first mobile communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.