Automated discovery and switch of a primary output display from a first display of a mobile device to a second display of a networked media device through an operating system of the mobile device
US8819249B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and/or system related to automated discovery and switch of a primary output display from a first display of a mobile device to a second display of a networked media device through an operating system of the mobile device is disclosed. In one aspect, a method of a mobile device includes accessing a multicast capability of an operating system responsive to a user interacting with an indicator on a menu bar of an operating system of the mobile device, determining if there is a pairable application locally stored on a networked media device that is compatible with the operating system on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast from the operating system to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network, and communicating a mirror sequence from the operating system to the pairable application.
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