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US 2018/0322335 A1Published application
Methods and Apparatus for Sharing of Music or Other Information
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsAmos Golan, Tal Achituv
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Abstract
One or more sensors may detect a gesture or gestures by one or more human users. The detected gesture or gestures may trigger sharing of music or other information. For instance, a first user may be listening to music on headphones. A second user may turn her head, so that her head is facing toward the first user. A sensor may detect this head orientation of the second user. This head orientation may trigger the system to share the first user's music with the second user, for at least as long as this head orientation continues.
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A method comprising:
- (a) causing audio content to be audibly presented to a first user;
- (b) detecting a set of one or more gestures, which set includes a first gesture that comprises a second user's head being oriented toward the first user;
- (c) performing a calculation to determine whether a first privacy setting and a second privacy setting permit the audio content to be shared with the second user, the first and second privacy settings having been selected by the first and second users, respectively;
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- (d) if the calculation determines that the first and second privacy settings permit the first audio content to be shared with the second user,
- (i) wirelessly transmitting a radio signal that encodes the audio content,
- (ii) causing a receiver worn by the second user to tune to the radio signal, and
- (iii) causing the audio content to be audibly presented to the second user during a time period in which the first gesture occurs.
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