SHARING CONTENT WITH NEARBY DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for sharing content with a nearby device, comprising:
- transmitting, from a sending device, a request to share content, wherein the request comprises at least one of location information indicating a list of detected networks associated with the sending device, characteristics of content to be shared, or a respective action to be performed for the content to be shared;
receiving, by the sending device, a list of one or more receiving devices, wherein the list of the one or more receiving devices is identified based on a proximity threshold of the sending device;
selecting, by the sending device, at least one receiving device from the list of the one or more receiving devices; and
transmitting, by the sending device, the selection and the content to the server.
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Abstract
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for sharing content with a nearby device. A system is configured receive, from a sending device, a request to share content, wherein the request comprises location information associated with a location of the sending device and content characteristics, determine, based on the location information and the content characteristics, that one or more receiving devices are within a proximity threshold of the location of the sending device and are capable of loading content associated with the content characteristics, receive, from the sending device, a selection of a receiving device from the one or more receiving devices and content to be shared, and provide the content to be shared to the selected receiving device.
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1. A method for sharing content with a nearby device, comprising:
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transmitting, from a sending device, a request to share content, wherein the request comprises at least one of location information indicating a list of detected networks associated with the sending device, characteristics of content to be shared, or a respective action to be performed for the content to be shared; receiving, by the sending device, a list of one or more receiving devices, wherein the list of the one or more receiving devices is identified based on a proximity threshold of the sending device; selecting, by the sending device, at least one receiving device from the list of the one or more receiving devices; and transmitting, by the sending device, the selection and the content to the server.
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