US 12,254,140 B2
Tilt-responsive techniques for sharing content
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirkland, WA (US); Michel Pahud, Kirkland, WA (US); Nathalie M. Riche, Issaquah, WA (US); Molly Nicholas, Berkeley, CA (US); Chunjong Park, Seattle, WA (US); and Nicolai Marquardt, Stevenage (GB)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,637.
Application 18/076,637 is a continuation of application No. 17/321,107, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,550,404.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094527 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G01B 5/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/03 (2013.01) [G01B 5/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically controlling with a secondary device a shared content item that has been shared to a primary device based on a tilt position of the secondary device, the method comprising:
sharing the content item from the secondary device to the primary device via a tilt-to-share mode, wherein the sharing the content item comprises:
using a sensor on the secondary device to determine that the secondary device is at a non-sharing tilt position in which the content item is not being shared from the secondary device to the primary device;
using the sensor to determine that the secondary device has tilted from the non-sharing tilt position to a sharing tilt position; and
sharing the content item with the primary device;
receiving a selection to switch from the tilt-to-share mode to a tilt-to-control mode, to control the content item being shared to the primary device, wherein the controlling the content item being shared comprises:
using the sensor of the secondary device to determine that the secondary device is tilting from a first tilt position to a second tilt position;
determining a direction of playback based on the secondary device tilting from the first tilt position to the second tilt position; and
implementing playback to the content item in the determined direction.