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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
William Ho Chang, Vancouver, WA (US);
Christina Ying Liu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
Information apparatus that wirelessly discovers an output device, which is available within close physical vicinity for outputting digital content, is herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus includes wireless communication circuitry for establishing short range wireless communication between the information apparatus and the output device. The information apparatus wirelessly receives information from the output device that has been wirelessly discovered, and determines, from the information received, whether the output device matches a requirement for outputting digital content. When the requirement is matched, the information apparatus selects the discovered output device, conforms at least part of the content into output data, and transmits at least part of the output data over the short range wireless communication from the information apparatus to the selected output device. The information apparatus may include one or more of a smart phone, information pad, a digital camera, or an Internet appliance.