System, method and apparatus for controlling presentation of content

摘要

An application for a system that enables cooperating devices to transfer presentation of content from one device to the other by sending either the content or an identification of content from a source device to a destination device. In some embodiments, the actual content is transferred while in other embodiments, an identification of the content and a position within the content is transferred from the source device to the destination device.

主权项

1. A system for transferring presentation of content from a source device to a destination device, the system comprising:
a source device having a display and having a detection device that detects a gesture that is entered by a user of the source device at the source device, where the gesture is detected by detecting the user's hand moving in a direction; said source device wirelessly detecting a destination device having a second display, and where the destination device is separate from and communicatively coupled to the source device; said source device operating to display content on the display of the source device; said source device including a processing element, determining if the gesture from the detection device is a first gesture entered at the source device where the moving is in a first direction that indicates a transfer-to request to transfer presentation of the content from the source device to the destination device and responsive to detecting said transfer-to request, to operate to communicate the presentation of the content from the source device to the destination device by getting a current index to a location of playing of the content, and sending said current index to the destination device along with the content such that the destination device takes over the presentation of the content at a location of the current index, wherein said processing element also determines if the gesture from the detection device is a second gesture entered at said source device where the moving is in a second direction and that indicates a transfer-from request to transfer presentation of the content from the destination device to the source device and responsive to detecting the transfer-from request operating to receive the content from the destination device along with an index indicating the location of playing of the content on the destination device, and to start playing at a location of the index, and wherein the presentation of the content is transferred by sending only a remainder of the content from the source device to the destination device, which comprises a portion of the content that has not already been shown on the display of the source device.