US 11,947,859 B2
System and method for casting content
Shengzhi Wu, Shenzhen (CN); and Alexander James Faaborg, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/595,172
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/070793
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/103421, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0236942 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/1454 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
detecting, by a computing device, at least one external device within a set range of the computing device while the computing device is outputting content, the content including at least one of image content displayed on a display device of the computing device or audio content output by an audio output device of the computing device;
identifying the at least one external device for output of the content being output by the computing device based on output capabilities of the at least one external device and output characteristics of the content being output by the computing device; and
transferring output of the content being output by the computing device, from the computing device to the at least one external device for output by the at least one external device.