US 12,271,647 B2
Extending user interfaces of mobile apps to AR eyewear
Piotr Gurgul, Hergiswil (CH); and Sharon Moll, Wetzikon (CH)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Piotr Gurgul, Hergiswil (CH); and Sharon Moll, Wetzikon (CH)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,395.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069843 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/00 (2018.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A mobile device adapted to provide a user interface (UI) for a mobile device application executed thereon to an eyewear device, comprising:
a display;
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to configure the mobile device to:
provide a wireless connection with the eyewear device;
load to the eyewear device, via the wireless connection, visual overlays adapted for the eyewear device for at least one user interface of the mobile device application;
enable a user to select a tethered mode for displaying on the eyewear device or on the mobile device and the eyewear device one or more of the loaded visual overlays and data bindings adapted for the eyewear device during execution of the mobile device application, the data bindings setting and updating data provided to the eyewear device; and
provide, via the wireless connection, a selection of at least one of the loaded visual overlays for overlay on a display of the eyewear device as an output of the mobile device application while the eyewear device remains in the tethered mode.