Real-time transmission of physical representations from one location to another location
AssigneeAvocado Software, Inc.
InventorsChristopher WETHERELL, Rizwan SATTAR
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for transmitting a physical representation from one location to another location. Components included in a mobile computing device can be used to detect that a physical action has been performed, and to simulate physical representations. In one embodiment, a first user sends a physical representation using a mobile computing device. The user receiving the physical representation is asked to perform a physical action. The second user's mobile computing device then detects that the physical action has been performed and simulates the physical representation the first user sent.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first computing device to a second computing device, a request to send a physical representation;
- receiving, by the second computing device, the request to send a physical representation;
- requesting a user using the second computing device to perform a physical action;
- detecting that the user using the second device has performed the physical action;
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- responsive to detecting that the user using the second computing device has performed the physical action, transmitting to the second computing device the physical representation simulating the physical action.
A system for transmitting a physical representation from a first computing device to a second computing device comprising:
- a transmission module configured to transmit a request to send a physical representation;
- a physical action sensing module configured to detect that a user has performed a physical action;
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- a physical representation simulation module configured to simulate the physical representation responsive to the detection of the physical action by the physical action sensing module.
A computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions for transmitting a physical representation from a first computing device to a second computing device comprising:
- a transmission module configured to transmit a request to send a physical representation;
- a physical action sensing module configured to detect that a user has performed a physical action;
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- a physical representation simulation module configured to simulate the physical representation responsive to the detection of the physical action by the physical action sensing module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.