System for universal remote media control in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-device environment
US10031647B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/42209
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a media controller (such as computer or mobile device) to have access to running activities (such as a television show playing on a media player). The protocol does not require installation of a specific platform application, or a specific user-login/pairing of the media controller with the media player. The system receives commands from a media controller device using a common interface, provides the commands to a remote media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. The commands and the state notifications include a namespace and a message payload represented as a two-element script array. Another user or device can control the media player using the common interface, for example provided by a browser application on the media controller device.
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