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Method and apparatus for sharing media in a multi-device environment

  • US 9,298,362 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2011
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

  • a device for sharing at least a portion of one or more media files present on the device and on a plurality of other devices;

    a detection of location information associated with the plurality of other devices in proximity of the device;

    a display of the device for presenting, at least in part, the shared at least a portion of the one or more media files based, at least in part, on a transmission of the at least a portion of the one or more media files present on the plurality of other devices to the device; and

    a manipulation of the device based, at least in part, on a command, a movement, or a combination thereof associated with the device,wherein the manipulation comprises a movement of the device above a plane defined by a surface of the plurality of other devices,wherein the display of the device above the plane generates, at least in part, a view of the shared at least a portion of the one or more media files present on the device and transmitted to the device from the plurality of other devices, andwherein an orientation of the view of the shared at least a portion of the one or media files transmitted from the plurality of other devices to the device is automatically adjusted to accommodate an orientation of the at least a portion of one or more media files present on the device.

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