IP Library Granted Patent US 12,413,804
Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,804 · App. 17/771,034 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Content continuation method and electronic device

Inventors: Liwei Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Kai Qian (Shenzhen, CN); Yumin Mao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04N21/43072G06F3/1454H04M1/72409H04N21/43078H04M1/72412
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Patent No.
US 12,413,804
App. No.
17/771,034
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method includes: A first electronic device displays a control center on a first interface, where the control center includes a device list including one or more electronic devices, and the one or more electronic devices and the first electronic device are in a same content continuation system. The first electronic device receives a first selection operation of selecting a second electronic device from the one or more electronic devices by a user. In response to the first selection operation, the first electronic device determines whether the first electronic device is a source device or a target device of a current content continuation task. If the first electronic device is the target device of the current content continuation task, the first electronic device switches content in the second electronic device to the first electronic device for continuous playing.

Claims (51)

1. A content continuation method, comprising:

displaying and/or playing, by a first electronic device, a first content while running a first application;

displaying, by the first electronic device, a first interface comprising a plurality of display items representing one or more electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices and the first electronic device are connected and are configured to perform one or more content continuation tasks;

receiving, by the first electronic device, a first selection operation of identifying a second electronic device among the one or more electronic devices represented by the plurality of display items from a user;

in response to the first selection operation, switching, by the first electronic device, the first content being displayed and/or played on the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of a first content continuation task;

after the switching of the first content being displayed and/or played on the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing, displaying, by the first electronic device, a second interface comprising a plurality of display items including a first display item and a second display item, the first display item indicating that the first content has been switched from the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as the part of the first content continuation task, and the second display item indicating a second content has been switched from the first electronic device to a fourth electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of a second content continuation task;

receiving, by the first electronic device, a second selection operation of identifying both 1) the first content continuation task from a plurality of content continuation tasks and 2) a third electronic device among a first set of electronic devices corresponding to the first content continuation task, from the user;

in response to the second selection operation, directly switching, by the first electronic device, the first content being displayed and/or played on the second electronic device to the third electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of the first content continuation task;

receiving, by the first electronic device, a third selection operation of identifying both 1) the second content continuation task from the plurality of content continuation tasks and 2) a fifth electronic device among a second set of electronic devices corresponding to the second content continuation task, from the user; and

in response to the third selection operation, directly switching, by the first electronic device, the second content being displayed and/or played on the fourth electronic device to the fifth electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of the second content continuation task.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when the first application is of a preset type, determining, by the first electronic device, that a source device of the first content continuation task is the first electronic device; and

when the first application is not of the preset type, determining, by the first electronic device, that a target device of the first content continuation task is the first electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first application of the preset type comprises a video call application, a video play application, an office application, a game application, or an audio application.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second interface comprises one or more display items representing the first set of electronic devices and the second set of electronic devices.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

when the first application is a video call application or a video play application, the first set of electronic devices comprises a large-screen device;

when the first application is an office application, the first set of electronic devices comprises an office device;

when the first application is a game application, the first set of electronic devices comprises a display device; or

when the first application is an audio application, the first set of electronic devices comprises an audio output device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first interface comprises a shortcut of a first contact, and the method further comprises:

in response to a preset operation performed by the user on the shortcut of the first contact, displaying, by the first electronic device on the first interface, a display item representing a sixth electronic device among the one or more electronic devices; and

in response to an operation of dragging the shortcut of the first contact to the display item representing the sixth electronic device by the user, switching, by the first electronic device, content of a video call with the first contact to the sixth electronic device.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the first interface comprises:

in response to a first operation performed by the user on the first interface, displaying, by the first electronic device, a first menu on the first interface; and

in response to a second operation performed by the user on the first menu, displaying, by the first electronic device, a second menu on the first interface.

8. A first electronic device, comprising:

a touchscreen including a touch sensor and a display;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

a communications module, wherein

the memory stores one or more computer programs, and the one or more computer programs comprise instructions that, when executed by the first electronic device, enable the first electronic device to perform operations comprising:

displaying and/or playing a first content while running a first application;

displaying a first interface comprising a plurality of display items representing one or more electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices and the first electronic device are connected and are configured to perform one or more content continuation tasks;

receiving a first selection operation of identifying a second electronic device among the one or more electronic devices represented by the plurality of display items from a user;

in response to the first selection operation, switching the first content being displayed and/or played on the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of a first content continuation task;

after the switching of the first content being displayed and/or played on the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing, displaying a second interface comprising a plurality of display items including a first display item and a second display item, the first display item indicating that the first content has been switched from the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as the part of the first content continuation task, and the second display item indicating a second content has been switched from the first electronic device to a fourth electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of a second content continuation task; and

receiving a second selection operation of identifying both 1) the first content continuation task from a plurality of content continuation tasks and 2) a third electronic device among a first set of electronic devices corresponding to the first content continuation task, from the user;

in response to the second selection operation, directly switching the first content being displayed and/or played on the second electronic device to a third electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of the first content continuation task;

receiving a third selection operation of identifying both 1) the second content continuation task from the plurality of content continuation tasks and 2) a fifth electronic device among a second set of electronic devices corresponding to the second content continuation task, from the user; and

in response to the third selection operation, directly switching the second content being displayed and/or played on the fourth electronic device to the fifth electronic device for continuous display and/or playing as a part of the second content continuation task.

9. The first electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

when the first application is an application of a preset type, determining that a source device of the first content continuation task is the first electronic device; and

when the first application is not the application of the preset type, determining that a target device of the first content continuation task is the first electronic device.

10. The first electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein after the switching, by the first electronic device, content being displayed and/or played on the first electronic device to the second electronic device for continuous display and/or playing, the first electronic device is further configured to perform operations comprising:

marking a display item representing the second electronic device in the second interface.

11. The first electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second interface comprises one or more display items representing the first set of electronic devices and the second set of electronic devices.

12. The first electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the first set of electronic devices corresponding to the first content continuation task comprises at least two electronic devices configured to run the first application to play or display the first content.

13. The first electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the second set of electronic devices corresponding to the second content continuation task comprises at least two electronic devices configured to play or display the second content.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2024
From: HUANG, LIWEI; QIAN, KAI; MAO, YUMIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066340/0783 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911017664.8 · Oct 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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