Patent ID: 9582242
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,G09G,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by an apparatus, one or more neighboring devices in response to a request to divide a presentation of one or more media files on at least one device into a multi-device presentation of the one or more media files; determining, by the apparatus, a subgroup of the at least one device, the one or more neighboring devices, or a combination thereof, to display the multi-device presentation; activating, by the apparatus, one or more positioning sensors on devices in the subgroup, to provide sensor information; determining, by the apparatus, an order and orientation of the devices in the subgroup based, at least in part, on the sensor information; and determining, by the apparatus, an alignment of an adjustment of a layout of the multi-device presentation based, at least in part, on a difference in orientation of the devices in the subgroup, wherein the devices in the subgroup remain physically separated.