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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Hyacinthe Briand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bosco SO, San Francisco, CA (US);
Asha Vellaikal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gabriel Sidhom, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Georges Nahon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hyacinthe Briand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bosco So, San Francisco, CA (US);
Asha Vellaikal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gabriel Sidhom, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Georges Nahon, San Francisco, CA (US);
FRANCE TELECOM, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for sharing a media content displayed in a window of the touch input interface of a first electronic device with at least one second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a processor controlling the touch input interface. The method is carried out by the processor and includes the acts of enabling displacement of the window in response to capturing a first touch input indicative of an initiation of a transfer, capturing a continuous touch input across the interface from an initial position in the window, displacing the window with each additional touch input of the continuous touch input, sending an activation message that the media content is to be played on the second device when determining that the window is within a given distance of a virtual representation of the second electronic device on the interface.