Interoperability of discovery and connection protocols between client devices and first screen devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the process to perform operations for facilitating interoperability between a first screen device and a second screen device, the operations comprising:

• discovering, by the second screen device, a first screen application operating on the first screen device and a plurality of coupling protocols available to connect to the first screen device;
• providing, by the second screen device, a device list based on the discovering, the device list including a plurality of entries each associated with the first screen application and a respective coupling protocol of the plurality of coupling protocols;
• obtaining, by the second screen device, pairing information for the first screen application from a control server;
• updating, by the second screen device, the device list using the pairing information from the control server;
• performing, by the second screen device, device deduplication using the updated device list to generate a deduplicated entry for the first screen application;
• and
• presenting, by the second screen device, the deduplicated entry for the first screen application in a user interface.

A system to facilitate interoperability between a first screen device and a second screen device, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, to:
• discover a first screen application operating on the first screen device and a plurality of coupling protocols available to connect to the first screen device;
• provide a device list based on the discovering, the device list including a plurality of entries each associated with the first screen application and a respective coupling protocol of the plurality of coupling protocols;
• obtain pairing information for the first screen application from a control server;
• update the device list using the pairing information from the control server;
• perform device deduplication using the updated device list to generate a deduplicated entry for the first screen application;
• and
• present the deduplicated entry for the first screen application in a user interface.