Patent ID: 9148510
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of facilitating coordinated displays of crowd visual patterns using mobile computing devices, said method comprising: defining a crowd boundary of a gathered crowd; dynamically identifying a plurality of mobile computing devices located within said crowd boundary; at a control device identified from one of said plurality of mobile computing devices, identifying a crowd visual pattern; and at said control device and based on respective physical attributes of said plurality of mobile computing devices, dynamically converting said crowd visual pattern into respective display information to be displayed on display devices associated with said plurality of mobile computing devices, wherein coordinate display of said respective display information on said display devices render said crowd visual pattern among said gathered crowd; selecting one or more select devices from said plurality of mobile computing devices; determining positions and orientations of said plurality of mobile computing devices relative to positions and orientations of said one or more select devices, and wherein further said control device is a select device; identifying a buffer zone proximate to and outside said crowd boundary; and upon a detection that said control device has moved in said buffer zone, at said control device, automatically identifying a new control device.