Patent ID: 8948798
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A transmission control device comprising: an acquiring unit to acquire information indicating an orientation of a transmission apparatus; and a control unit to control the transmission apparatus to transmit to a first reception apparatus of a plurality of reception apparatuses content of the transmission apparatus when an operation is performed to the transmission apparatus after the information indicating the orientation is acquired, the operation corresponding to a predetermined orientation; wherein the control unit controls a display, on a display screen, of an indication that a second reception apparatus of the plurality of reception apparatuses is not a reception apparatus of the plurality of reception apparatuses selected for transmission of the content, based on a determination of a positional relationship of each of the first reception apparatus and the second reception apparatus, the determination using position information acquired from the first reception apparatus and the second reception apparatus and based on which of the first reception apparatus and the second reception apparatus has an angle of a position nearest to a reference line determined using the orientation of the transmission apparatus.