System and method for negotiating control of a shared audio or visual resource
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- maintaining information regarding control of at least one shared resource, wherein;
the at least one shared resource includes a resource that is shared by a plurality of devices comprising a mobile computing device and one or more other computing devices or systems; and
the information regarding control of the at least one shared resource comprises one or more transition conditions that indicate one or more conditions under which the at least one shared resource is allowed to experience a transfer of control such that only the device of the plurality of devices to which control has been transferred can control the at least one shared resource;
determining new state information regarding control of the at least one shared resource, wherein the determining the new state information is based at least in part on the one or more transition conditions; and
communicating the new state information to one or more of;
the mobile computing device;
at least one of the one or more other computing devices or systems;
ora controller interface of the at least one shared resource.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for negotiating control of a shared audio or visual resource are disclosed. A request for control of a shared audio or visual resource is received at an arbiter. The arbiter maintains existing state information for ownership of the shared audio or visual resource and ownership transition conditions of the shared audio or visual resource. The request is received from one of a process executing on an embedded system and a process executing on a mobile computing device. New state information regarding ownership of the shared audio or visual resource is determined based at least in part on the request for control and the ownership transition conditions. The new state information indicates which of the processes controls output of the shared audio or visual resource.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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maintaining information regarding control of at least one shared resource, wherein; the at least one shared resource includes a resource that is shared by a plurality of devices comprising a mobile computing device and one or more other computing devices or systems; and the information regarding control of the at least one shared resource comprises one or more transition conditions that indicate one or more conditions under which the at least one shared resource is allowed to experience a transfer of control such that only the device of the plurality of devices to which control has been transferred can control the at least one shared resource; determining new state information regarding control of the at least one shared resource, wherein the determining the new state information is based at least in part on the one or more transition conditions; and communicating the new state information to one or more of; the mobile computing device; at least one of the one or more other computing devices or systems;
ora controller interface of the at least one shared resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories storing an arbiter that is executable on the one or more processors to; maintain information regarding control of at least one shared resource, wherein; the at least one shared resource includes a resource that is shared by a plurality of devices comprising a mobile computing device and one or more other computing devices or systems; and the information regarding control of the at least one shared resource comprises one or more transition conditions that indicate one or more conditions under which the at least one shared resource is allowed to experience a transfer of control such that only the device of the plurality of devices to which control has been transferred can control the at least one shared resource; determine, based at least in part on the one or more transition conditions, new state information regarding control of the at least one shared resource; and communicate the new state information to one or more of; the mobile computing device; at least one of the one or more other computing devices or systems;
ora controller interface of the at least one shared resource. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions executable on one or more processors to:
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cause a computing device to maintain information regarding control of at least one shared resource, wherein; the at least one shared resource includes a resource that is shared by a plurality of devices comprising a mobile computing device and one or more other computing devices or systems; and the information regarding control of the at least one shared resource comprises one or more transition conditions that indicate one or more conditions under which the at least one shared resource is allowed to experience a transfer of control such that only the device of the plurality of devices to which control has been transferred can control the at least one shared resource; determine, based at least in part on the one or more transition conditions, new state information regarding control of the at least one shared resource; and cause the computing device to communicate the new state information to one or more of; the mobile computing device; at least one of the one or more other computing devices or systems;
ora controller interface of the at least one shared resource. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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