# US 2014/0152894 A1 · Transfer to target disambiguation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152894 A1 - Document ID: US20140152894A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,006 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Applicants: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Inventors: Philip Lee Childs; Michael Terrell Vanover; Hui Wang; Shaowei Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152894A1 ## CPC - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An aspect provides a method, including: ascertaining, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device; determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; providing, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user; ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and transferring the media data to the target device. Other aspects are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: ascertaining, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device; determining, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; providing, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user; ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and transferring the media data to the target device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the request for transfer media data is a gesture to transfer request. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of connected devices are wirelessly connected to the first device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the disambiguation cue comprises a visual display of indicators of the plurality of connected devices. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the visual display of indicators comprises an ordered list of the plurality of connected devices. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on user transfer history. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on a predetermined default ordering. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on directional information ascertained by the first device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on one or more of: media data attributes, media data application attributes, and connected device attributes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a tablet device and further wherein the second device comprises a television. ### Claim 11 An information handling device, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: ascertaining, at the information handling device, a request to transfer media data to another device; determining, at the information handling device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; providing, at the information handling device, a disambiguation cue to a user; ascertaining via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and transferring the media data to the target device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the request for transfer media data is a gesture to transfer request. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of connected devices are wirelessly connected to the information handling device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the disambiguation cue comprises a visual display of indicators of the plurality of connected devices. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the visual display of indicators comprises an ordered list of the plurality of connected devices. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on user transfer history. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on a predetermined default ordering. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on directional information ascertained by the information handling device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the ordered list is ordered based on one or more of: media data attributes, media data application attributes, and connected device attributes. ### Claim 20 A program product, comprising: a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising: computer program code configured to ascertain, at a first device, a request to transfer media data to another device; computer program code configured to determine, at the first device, a plurality of connected devices for potential transfer of media data corresponding to the request; computer program code configured to provide, at the first device, a disambiguation cue to a user; computer program code configured to ascertain via the disambiguation cue a target device from the plurality of connected devices for transfer of the media data; and computer program code configured to transfer the media data to the target device.