US 11,889,137 B2 · Systems and methods for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices. A media guidance application may determine that a first user has entered an environment (e.g., his/her mother's home) and may determine a frequency with which the first user enters the environment (e.g., daily). In response to determining that the first user visits frequently, the media guidance application may identify a second device in the environment (e.g., a smart TV) that a second user (e.g., the first user's mother) is authorized to grant access rights for. The media guidance application may determine a likelihood that the second user will grant the access rights for the second device to the first user, based on interaction data between the first user and the second user. In response to determining a high likelihood, the media guidance application may transmit the access rights.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for seamlessly connecting to a user's device in order to share and display a media asset featuring content of interest to the user, the method comprising:

determining that a first device associated with a first user has entered an environment in which a second device associated with a second user is located;
determining whether a media asset stored on the first device is of interest to the second user;
and
in response to determining that the media asset stored on the first device is of interest to the second user:
determining whether a number of times that devices associated with the first user have been granted access rights to devices associated with the second user meets or exceeds a threshold;
and
based on determining that the number of times that devices associated with the first user have been granted access rights to devices associated with the second user meets or exceeds the threshold, automatically granting, to the first device, access rights to the second device.

4 more elements

A system for seamlessly connecting to a user's device in order to share and display a media asset featuring content of interest to the user, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:
determine that a first device associated with a first user has entered an environment in which a second device associated with a second user is located;
determine whether a media asset stored on the first device is of interest to the second user;
and
in response to determining that the media asset stored on the first device is of interest to the second user:
determine whether a number of times that devices associated with the first user have been granted access rights to devices associated with the second user meets or exceeds a threshold;
and
based on determining that the number of times that devices associated with the first user have been granted access rights to devices associated with the second user meets or exceeds the threshold, automatically grant, to the first device, access rights to the second device.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/104,653Filed 1 Feb 2023 · continuation

Priority

5 Jun 2018

Published

US 2023/0188773 A115 Jun 2023

Granted

30 Jan 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 5/445
Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards: for displaying additional information
H04N 21/25875
Management of end-user data: involving end-user authentication
H04N 21/25841
Management of client data: involving the geographical location of the client
H04N 21/4532
Management of client data or end-user data: involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences

Family

Application15/997,975Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jun 2018

Application16/444,688Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Jun 2019

US 10,375,432 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Aug 2019

Application16/857,412Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Apr 2020

US 10,674,194 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Jun 2020

Application17/346,571Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jun 2021

US 11,076,183 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jul 2021

Application17/696,090Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Mar 2022

US 11,310,547 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Apr 2022

US 2023/0188773 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Jun 2023

US 11,601,700 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0373299 A1Published application

US 2020/0267433 A1Published application

US 2021/0314641 A1Published application

US 2022/0368968 A1Published application

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Systems and methods for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices

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Systems and methods for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices

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Abstract

Claims20