System for universal remote media control in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-device environment

A media control and media controller technology, which is applied in the field of remote media control and can solve problems such as distance performance limitations

Active Publication Date: 2016-01-20
GOOGLE LLC
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However, establishing a pairing between two devices uses a registration process that requires the user to explicitly authorize access to controls from the device, or adding a hardware extension to the device to force pairing over a certain channel, requires a one-time pairing operation
These techniques often require user knowledge of pairing and require coupling hardware that may not be inherent to either the TV or the device
Also, distance and different forms of interference have limitations on performance, and the device interface may only be connected to one TV

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[0021] Users are increasingly consuming their content across multiple devices such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, consoles / STBs, televisions, and the like. However, the level of integration of a user's experience across these devices is low. For most users, the experience across device boundaries is quite different. Certain solutions only serve the needs of specific applications. No other content provider can build on those types of solutions. Also, some systems are platform-specific. Where many home appliances with respective types of devices each operate using a different platform, a platform-specific solution allows only a subset of the home appliances to use the system. Additionally, those solutions are inherently single-user, such that the user initiating an action is only the user who is allowed to interact in a meaningful way with the activity resulting from that action. If one person is playing content, another person may not even be able to pause that content (be u...

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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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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims the title "SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTEMEDIA CONTROLINAMULTI-USER, MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-DEVICEENVIROMENT" filed May 7, 2014 14 / 272300 of U.S. Nonprovisional Patent Application No. 14 / 272300, which in turn claims the title "Universal remote SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTEMEDIA CONTROLINAMULTI-USER, MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-DEVICEENVIROMENT" is the priority of US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 823016, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates generally to interaction between a first device, such as a media player, and a controlling device, and more particularly to remote media control in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-device environment. Background technique [0004] The application can display a user interface to allow the user to control and interact with the television screen when in proximity. However, establishing a pairin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N21/422H04N21/41
CPCH04N21/42209H04N21/41265H04N21/4112G06F3/0484
Inventor 马克·大卫·斯科特马克·阿兰·福尔茨约翰·阿法基马吉德·巴卡尔徐伟永陈贤名
Owner GOOGLE LLC
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