Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for connecting a public device to a private device using mirroring applications
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Application No.: US15976386Application Date: 2018-05-10
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Publication No.: US10652250B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: William L. Thomas
- Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04N21/6334 ; H04N21/239 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/858 ; H04N21/437

Abstract:
Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a public device, a private device that has installed a mirror-capable application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device, with a private interface application and a public interface application, wherein the communication is a request to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may request, at the public device, the public interface application from the private device. The private device may thus transmit the public interface application with user authorization information to the public device. The private interface application may be configured to mirror the graphical user interface of the public interface application. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device and mirror the content on the private device, when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.
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