Patent ID: 9176214
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A63F,G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of using device proximity to provide a shared computing experience, comprising: receiving, at a receiving computing device, received audio broadcast from a broadcasting computing device as a broadcast invitation; joining a shared computing experience that provides for inter-device interaction via a non-audio communicative link with the broadcast computing device in response to verifying the broadcast invitation based on a spatial orientation of the receiving computing device relative to the broadcasting computing device, where the shared computing experience is not joined if the broadcast invitation is not verified and where the non-audio communicative link is established via at least one of a wired network connection and a Wi-Fi connection; retrieving historical data pertaining to prior interactions between the broadcasting computing device and the receiving computing device during the shared computing experience; and controlling the shared computing experience based on the historical data pertaining to the prior interactions.