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Patent No.:

US 7636794 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2005
Applicants:

Gonzalo A. Ramos, Toronto, CA;

Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Gonzalo A. Ramos, Toronto, CA;

Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus of the various embodiments allow the coordination of resources of devices to jointly execute tasks or perform actions on one of the devices. In the method, a first gesture input is received at a first mobile computing device. A second gesture input is received at a second mobile computing device. In response, a determination is made as to whether the second gesture is accepted at the initiating device. If it is determined that the second gesture inputs is accepted, then resources of the devices are combined to jointly execute a particular task associated with the shared resources.


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Ramos, Gonzalo. (2009). Distributed sensing techniques for mobile devices (U.S. Patent No. 7636794). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7636794

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