US 11,886,625 B1
Method and device for spatially designating private content
Bart Colin Trzynadlowski, Reno, NV (US); Thomas G. Salter, Foster City, CA (US); Devin William Chalmers, Oakland, CA (US); Anshu Kameswar Chimalamarri, San Francisco, CA (US); and Gregory Patrick Lane Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,911.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,620, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/84 (2013.01) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/1066 (2023.08); G06F 2221/032 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a computing system including non-transitory memory and one or more processors, wherein the computing system is communicatively coupled to a display device and one or more input devices:
presenting, via the display device, an indication of a private viewing region relative to a location of the computing system;
presenting, via the display device, graphical content at a first location;
transmitting a characterization vector associated with the graphical content to at least one other device for display thereon according to a determination that the first location of the graphical content is outside of the private viewing region;
forgoing transmission of the characterization vector associated with the graphical content to the at least one other device according to a determination that the first location of the graphical content is inside of the private viewing region;
detecting one or more user inputs, via the one or more input devices, associated with translating the graphical content from the first location to a second location; and
in response to detecting the one or more user inputs:
transmitting the characterization vector associated with the graphical content to the at least one other device for display thereon according to a determination that the second location of the graphical content is outside of the private viewing region; and
forgoing transmission of the characterization vector associated with the graphical content to the at least one other device according to a determination that the second location of the graphical content is inside of the private viewing region.