Device differentiation for electronic workspaces
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorJames David Meyers
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Abstract
An electronic workspace may be created from multiple viewer devices. The viewer devices are coordinated so that each exhibits a different visual identification characteristic such as a distinct or unique color. Content can be assigned by way of a user interface in which individual viewer devices are represented by visual icons that exhibit the same visual identification characteristics as the respective viewer devices, so that a user may easily distinguish between the available viewer devices.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions,
- coordinating a plurality of electronic viewer devices to exhibit respectively unique device identification colors for display on a bezel that surrounds a display surface of each of the electronic viewer devices, wherein each of the plurality of electronic viewer devices is dynamically controllable to exhibit any one of a plurality of different device identification colors;
- presenting a user interface on one of the plurality of electronic viewer devices that identifies each of the plurality of electronic viewer devices in terms of their respectively unique device identification colors;
- and
- assigning content to the plurality of electronic viewer devices in response to user interaction with the presented user interface on the one of the plurality of electronic viewer devices.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions,
- coordinating a plurality of electronic devices to exhibit respectively unique visual designs, wherein each of the electronic devices includes a bezel having a respective indicator positioned thereon, and the respectively unique visual designs are displayed on the respective indicator;
- and
- presenting a user interface that allows a user to:
- designate individual ones of the plurality of electronic devices in terms of the respectively unique visual designs exhibited by the electronic devices;
- and
- transfer content by dragging and dropping the content on the user interface to at least one of the individual electronic devices.
An electronic viewer device, comprising:
- a display surface;
- a device identification region comprising a bezel that surrounds the display surface, the device identification region dynamically configured to exhibit various device identification colors;
- operational logic capable of coordination with one or more other electronic viewer devices to configure the device identification region to exhibit a device identification color that is unique with respect to exhibited device identification colors of the one or more other electronic viewer devices;
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- the electronic viewer device configured to assign content to another electronic viewer device and receive assigned content and to display the assigned content on the display surface.
A content viewer configured to operate within a group of content viewers, the content viewer comprising:
- a display surface;
- a user interface on the display surface of the content viewer that allows a user to designate content among the group of content viewers;
- and
- communications logic that is responsive to group coordination to establish a viewer identification color that is unique among the group of content viewers, wherein the content viewer is configured to exhibit its unique viewer identification color over a peripheral edge of the display surface of the content viewer for visual distinction among the group of content viewers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.