Patent ID: 9537908
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: under control of one or more processors: detecting an orientation change of a first device from a first orientation to a second orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation based on a user viewing perspective of a display of the first device, wherein the first orientation activates an individual mode and the second orientation activates a collaborative mode; transitioning the first device to the collaborative mode based at least in part on detecting the orientation change of the first device; enabling, based at least in part on the transitioning and independent of user input, sharing functionality associated with the first device; and identifying data to be shared with at least one other device that is also in the collaborative mode and a same orientation as the first device, wherein the data to be shared with the at least one other device in the collaborative mode includes at least a portion of content displayed on the display of the first device.