Patent ID: 11956231
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method for providing a shared computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, the method comprising:
at an electronic device having a processor:
receiving, from a first peer, a first set of state updates of a virtual object during an ownership transition period between transmitting a handoff message indicating that ownership of the virtual object is being handed off from the first peer and receiving an acquisition message indicating that ownership of the virtual object has been acquired by a second peer, wherein said receiving the first set of state updates causes the second peer to locally update a display of the virtual object within the shared CGR environment;
updating state information of the virtual object based on the first set of state updates received from the first peer participating in the CGR environment, the updating based on ownership sequence identifiers in the first set of state updates received from the first peer;
updating the ownership sequence identifiers based on completion of the ownership transition period; and
determining and transmitting a second set of state updates of the virtual object, the second set of state updates including the updated ownership sequence identifiers, wherein the transmitting the second set of state updates causes receiving peers to update state information based on the updated ownership sequence identifiers.