Methods and systems for distributing media guidance among multiple devices
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsWalter R. Klappert, Donn Smith
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that distributes media guidance application operations between multiple devices based on one or more criteria associated with those devices. For example, the media guidance application may determine the plurality of operations performed by a target device and distribute the plurality of operations among devices near that target device.
Claims18
A method of managing operations for controlling content presentation on a first device, the method comprising:
- detecting a second device;
- in response to the detecting, retrieving a profile comprising information that identifies operations restricted to being performed on the first device only by the second device, wherein the restricted operations are operations related to controlling presentation of content currently being presented on the first device;
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- generating an operations set comprising the restricted operations for the second device.
A system for managing operations for controlling content presentation on a first device, the system comprising:
- control circuitry configured to:
- detect a second device;
- in response to the detecting, retrieve a profile comprising information that identifies operations restricted to being performed on the first device only by the second device, wherein the restricted operations are operations related to controlling presentation of content currently being presented on the first device;
- generate an operations set comprising the restricted operations for the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.