US 12,171,043 B2
Electronic devices with intuitive sharing capabilities
Adam S. Meyer, Cupertino, CA (US); Peter C. Tsoi, San Jose, CA (US); Stuart J. Wood, San Francisco, CA (US); Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Martha Evans Hankey, San Francisco, CA (US); and John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,530.
Application 17/505,530 is a continuation of application No. 15/705,143, filed on Sep. 14, 2017, granted, now 11,159,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/531,509, filed on Jul. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/395,929, filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038883 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
ultra-wideband transceiver circuitry configured to receive signals from first and second external electronic devices;
control circuitry configured to determine an angle of arrival of the signals and to determine a pointing direction of the electronic device based on the angle of arrival of the signals; and
a display configured to display a first option to share with the first external electronic device in a first location on the display and a second option to share with the second external electronic device in a second location on the display, wherein the first and second locations are based on the angle of arrival of the signals and wherein the first and second options are displayed in an order that is based on the pointing direction.