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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Sirqul, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Frederick, Seattle, WA (US);
Justin Yu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin Arruda, Cranston, RI (US);
Darren Austin, Seattle, WA (US);
SIRQUL, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for providing functionality to users of mobile devices, including coordinating the inter-connection of multiple mobile devices, such as for multiple mobile devices of multiple distinct types, and optionally using multiple different types of inter-connections. In some situations, the described techniques include performing matchmaking operations to determine whether and/or how a group of multiple inter-connected mobile devices will provide functionality to each other and/or will access functionality from one or more remote server computing systems, including to select a host mobile device for the group. In addition, in some situations, the described techniques include providing a distributed display canvas functionality, by using the displays of multiple inter-connected mobile devices of a group to display some or all of the graphical user interface ('GUI') of an application, such as by displaying on each mobile device a distinct portion of the GUI specific to that mobile device.