Smart phone crowd enhancement
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1. A computer implemented method of facilitating coordinated displays of crowd visual patterns using mobile computing devices, said method comprising:
- defining a crowd boundary of a gathered crowd;
dynamically identifying a plurality of mobile computing devices located within said crowd boundary;
at a control device identified from one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, identifying a crowd visual pattern; and
at said control device and based on respective physical attributes of said plurality of mobile computing devices, dynamically converting said crowd visual pattern into respective display information to be displayed on display devices associated with said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein coordinate display of said respective display information on said display devices render said crowd visual pattern among said gathered crowd;
selecting one or more select devices from said plurality of mobile computing devices;
determining positions and orientations of said plurality of mobile computing devices relative to positions and orientations of said one or more select devices, and wherein further said control device is a select device;
identifying a buffer zone proximate to and outside said crowd boundary; and
upon a detection that said control device has moved in said buffer zone, at said control device, automatically identifying a new control device.
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Abstract
A system for displaying information on multiple mobile devices whereby the information displayed for each device is determined by the device'"'"'s physical location in relation to other devices physical locations. The information may be graphic, text, numerical or audible.
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1. A computer implemented method of facilitating coordinated displays of crowd visual patterns using mobile computing devices, said method comprising:
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defining a crowd boundary of a gathered crowd; dynamically identifying a plurality of mobile computing devices located within said crowd boundary; at a control device identified from one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, identifying a crowd visual pattern; and at said control device and based on respective physical attributes of said plurality of mobile computing devices, dynamically converting said crowd visual pattern into respective display information to be displayed on display devices associated with said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein coordinate display of said respective display information on said display devices render said crowd visual pattern among said gathered crowd; selecting one or more select devices from said plurality of mobile computing devices; determining positions and orientations of said plurality of mobile computing devices relative to positions and orientations of said one or more select devices, and wherein further said control device is a select device; identifying a buffer zone proximate to and outside said crowd boundary; and upon a detection that said control device has moved in said buffer zone, at said control device, automatically identifying a new control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer implemented method of facilitating coordinated displays of crowd visual patterns using mobile computing devices, said method comprising:
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defining a crowd boundary of a gathered crowd; dynamically identifying a plurality of mobile computing devices located within said crowd boundary; at a control device identified from one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, identifying a crowd visual pattern; at said control device and based on respective physical attributes of said plurality of mobile computing devices, dynamically converting said crowd visual pattern into respective display information to be displayed on display devices associated with said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein coordinate display of said respective display information on said display devices render said crowd visual pattern among said gathered crowd; sending a message from said control device to a respective device of said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein said message comprises converted display information for said respective device; rendering said converted display information for display on a display device associated with said respective device, wherein said rendering comprises synchronizing said display on said display device with an adjacent mobile computing device; and presenting synchronization performance with respect to said rendering to a user of said respective device on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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