Gestures for sharing content between multiple devices - a system for sharing content over multiple co-located media devices using gestures
- Submitting institution
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University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 29741071
- Type
- F - Patent/ published patent application
- Patent registration number
- US 9729591 B2
- Month
- August
- Year
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This work builds on research for sharing and consuming multimedia content over multiple co-located multimedia devices, e.g. smartphones and/or smart TVs. The author previously published academic work on media sharing between co-located devices, e.g. viral sharing of music files, as well as on shared media experiences, e.g. contextual music generation. The invention was developed in the context of a corporate research lab to add social features to their existing Smart TV offering. In particular, it addresses “second screen” watching practices, where users simultaneously watch content on a main screen (TV) and engage with content on personal devices (smartphones).
The invention consists of a selection of gestures to share and control multimedia content among multiple users. An example context would be a sports event with parallel tracks, such as the Olympics. Viewers may wish to watch different competitions, e.g. one is focusing on swimming and one on running, while also having the ability to share important highlights on each others’ screens and the main screen. One gesture is “Hold and Throw”, where one user selects another user (or the main screen) and “throws” content to them with a physical throwing gesture. Another gesture is “Hold and Grasp”, which allows for a user to pick up content from another user with a grasping gesture. Taken together, the gestures allow users to fluidly share content between their devices without any one user monopolizing the main screen.
The invention was developed as part of the Yahoo Smart TV Platform, which was included in TVs from leading consumer electronics manufacturers between 2009-2017, with millions of consumers using it every day to browse, download, and invoke applications from top media and content companies. The invention has continued high significance, as second screen viewing devices has now become an established everyday practice.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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