METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING APPLICATIONS OVER MULTIPLE DEVICES

摘要

A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting at a display of a computer device a first graphical user interface depicting a game space of a gaming application, receiving a detected stimulation from a mobile communication device associated with a second graphical user interface depicting a virtual peripheral controller for capturing control information for controlling the gaming application, detecting a request to swap between the computer device and mobile communication device presentation of the first graphical user interface depicting the game space and the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller, and presenting at the display of the computer device an adaptation of the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller responsive to the detected request to swap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the executable instructions, responsive to execution by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising: presenting a first graphical user interface at a display to depict a game space of a gaming application; receiving a stimulation from a second computer device via wireless communication, wherein the stimulation is associated with an input function of a second graphical user interface of the second computing device that depicts a virtual peripheral controller for capturing navigation and control inputs for controlling the gaming application from the second computer device, wherein a plurality of input functions of the virtual peripheral controller are depicted by the second graphical user interface in a first format according to a first feature of the second computing device; replacing the stimulation that is received with substitute stimulus data; transmitting the substitute stimulus data to an operating system for controlling the gaming application; detecting a request to swap the first graphical user interface that depicts the game space and the second graphical user interface that depicts the virtual peripheral controller; and presenting at the display the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller for controlling the gaming application responsive to the detecting of the request to swap, wherein the plurality of input functions of the virtual peripheral controller are adapted to a second format according to a difference between the first feature and a second feature of the display.