Patent ID: 9729591
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for sharing multimedia content, comprising: detecting selection of multimedia content at a first device, the selection causing the multimedia content to be automatically rendered on a display portion of the first device; detecting selection of an icon of a second device from a user interface on the first device, wherein the user interface identifies icons of a plurality of devices belonging to one or more users that have an established communication pairing with the first device; and identifying a gesture made with the first device while the icon of the second device continues to be selected at the first device, the gesture acting as a trigger for sharing the multimedia content currently rendering on the first device with the second device, the gesture causing the multimedia content to be automatically transmitted to the second device for rendering at a display of the second device, wherein the gesture is a hold-and-throw gesture defined as a combination of a hold action and a throw action, wherein the throw action is performed with a physical action of movement of the first device away from a user providing the gesture while the icon of the second device continues to be selected at the first device with the hold action, and wherein the operations are performed by a processor.