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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Brian Fleizach, Gilroy, CA (US);
Clare T. Kasemset, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Darren Christopher Minifie, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gregory F. Hughes, San Jose, CA (US);
Ibrahim G. Yusuf, Fremont, CA (US);
James Nathan Cartwright, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Plowden Craig, San Jose, CA (US);
Patti P. Hoa, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a first device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes displaying, on the display, a device control transfer affordance while operating the first device based on user input from an input device that is in communication with the first device. The method includes receiving a device control transfer user input from the input device selecting the device control transfer affordance that is displayed on the display of the first device. In response to receiving the device control transfer user input, the method includes configuring a second device to be operated based on user input from the input device and ceasing to operate the first device based on user input from the input device.