METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHARED SYNCHRONOUS VIEWING OF CONTENT

• US 20130002532A1
• Filed: 07/01/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Raffle, Hayes, Mori, Koichi, Ballagas, Rafael, Horii, Hiroshi, Spasojevic, Mirjana
• Application Number:
  US13/175,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa

Abstract

Provided herein is a technique by which content may be shared with a remote user. An example method may include providing for display of content on a first device, synchronizing content between the first device and a second device, providing for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device, and providing for presentation of audio captured by the second device by the first device. The content may include an image of a page of a book. Synchronizing content between the first device and the second device may include directing advancing of a page on the second device in response to receiving an input directing the advancing of a page on the first device. Providing for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device may include providing for display of a video captured by the second device on the first device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing for display of content on a first device;

synchronizing content between the first device and a second device;

providing for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device; and

providing for presentation of audio captured by the second device by the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes an image of a page of a book.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein synchronizing content between the first device and the second device comprises directing advancing of a page on the second device in response to receiving an input directing advancing of a page on the first device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein providing for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device comprises providing for display of a video captured by the second device on the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing for display of the content on the second device;

providing for display of an image captured by the first device on the second device; and

providing for presentation of audio captured by the first device by the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing for display of a pointing feature at a location on the content on the display of the second device in response to receiving an input on the corresponding location on the content on the display of the first device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein synchronizing content between the first device and the second device comprises providing for transmission of an application state message from the first device and receiving an application state message at the first device.

8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

provide for display of content on a first device;

synchronize content between the first device and a second device;

provide for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device; and

provide for presentation of audio captured by the second device by the first device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the content includes an image of a page of a book.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein causing the apparatus to synchronize content between the first device and the second device comprises causing the apparatus to direct advancing of a page on the second device in response to receiving an input directing advancing of a page on the first device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein causing the apparatus to provide for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device comprises causing the apparatus to provide for display of video captured by the second device on the first device.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for display of the content on the second device;

provide for display of an image captured by the first device on the second device; and

provide for presentation of audio captured by the first device by the second device.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

provide for display of a pointing feature at a location on the content on the display of the second device in response to receiving an input on the corresponding location on the content on the display of the first device.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein causing the apparatus to synchronize content between the first device and the second device comprises causing the apparatus to provide for transmission of an application state message from the first device and receive an application state message at the first device.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

provide for display of content on a first device;

synchronize content between the first device and a second device;

provide for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device; and

provide for presentation of audio captured by the second device by the first device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the content includes an image of a page of a book.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the program code instructions to synchronize content between the first device and the second device comprise program code instructions to direct advancing of a page on the second device in response to receiving an input directing advancing of a page on the first device.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the program code instructions to provide for display of an image captured by the second device on the first device comprise program code instructions to provide for display of video captured by the second device on the first device.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program code instructions to:

provide for display of the content on a second device;

provide for display of an image captured by the first device on the second device; and

provide for presentation of audio captured by the first device by the second device.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising program code instructions to:

provide for display of a pointing feature at a location on the content on the display of the second device in response to receiving an input on the corresponding location on the content on the display of the first device.