Interaction with multiple connected devices
US9986296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8126
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for sharing content includes detecting a secondary device that is paired to a main device. The main device is used to render publicly viewable content. Each secondary device is associated with a user and is used to access and view content provided by one or more content sources over a network and share the content with the main device and with other secondary devices. Selection of a multimedia content for sharing, is detected at the secondary device. The selection causes the rendering of the multimedia content at a display screen of the secondary device. Share attributes defined for the multimedia content selected for sharing, is identified on the secondary device. The multimedia content selected for sharing is populated and is available for viewing on the main device and/or one or more secondary devices of other users in accordance to the defined share attributes.
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