Patent ID: 9586147
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A63F,G02B,G06F,G07F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for coordinating interaction between computing devices for participating in an interactive activity, the method comprising: detecting user placement of a primary computing device associated with a first user on a physical surface, the user placement indicating a user selected reference point on the physical surface; identifying the user selected reference point on the physical surface based on data from one or more first sensors of the primary computing device following the placement of the primary computing device on the physical surface; communicating the user selected reference point by the primary computing device to a communicatively coupled secondary computing device associated with a second user as a physical frame of reference relative to which the second computing device can determine a proximity; receiving, from the secondary computing device, a determination of the proximity relative to the user selected reference point on the physical surface in the physical frame of reference based on data from one or more second sensors of the secondary computing device; coordinating rendering of an interactive activity by the primary computing device on the physical surface for the first user and the second user utilizing the user selected reference point as the physical frame of reference; and rendering a first user perspective image of the interactive activity on the physical surface relative to the user selected reference point for the first user by the primary computing device, the first user perspective image different than a second user perspective image of the second user associated with the secondary computing device of the interactive activity on the physical surface relative to the user selected reference point for the first user, wherein the rendering of the interactive activity on the physical surface is a projection of different portions of the interactive activity to project an optimal field of view to each of the users and is coordinated by the primary computing device, via the second computing device, and which enables users to view private information overlaid on top of shared information associated with the interactive activity.