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

Claim 0:
1. A method of authority transfer of a virtual object in a shared computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, the method comprising:
at a first electronic device associated with a first owner having authority to transmit state updates of a virtual object, the first electronic device having a processor:
transmitting a state update to one or more peers participating in the shared CGR environment, the state update associated with a current state of a virtual object in the shared CGR environment;
transmitting a handoff message indicating that ownership of the virtual object is being handed off;
receiving an acquisition message transmitted by a second electronic device associated with a second owner, the acquisition message indicating that ownership of the virtual object has been acquired by the second owner;
transmitting to the one or more peers, by the first owner, at least one state update of the virtual object during an ownership transition period between the transmitting of the handoff message and the receiving of the acquisition message, wherein the transmitting of the at least one state update, when received by the one or more peers, causes the one or more peers to locally update a display of the virtual object within the shared CGR environment; and
accepting state updates of the virtual object transmitted from the second owner based on the receiving the acquisition message.