System and method for app discovery, installation, and usage
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsPaul D. Arling, Arsham Hatambeiki
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Abstract
A system and method functions to make an app as installed on a smart device usable to access a service, such as a media streaming service. A presence of a counterpart to the app as installed on an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device is detected. A user credential, such as a username and password combination, that is associated with the counterpart to the app is then identified. The user credential is caused to be automatically associated with the app as installed on the smart device.
Claims21
A method performed by a smart device, comprising:
- receiving from an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device a media stream that was caused to be retrieved from a media streaming service via use of a first app installed on the appliance;
- using a data contained within the received media stream to determine an identity of the media streaming service;
- and
- using the determined identity of the media streaming service and an identifier for the home network to automatically cause a user credential for the media streaming service to be automatically associated with a second app installed on the smart device whereupon the user credential will be verifiable by the media streaming service upon a subsequent usage of the second app installed on the smart device to access the media streaming service.
A method performed by a smart device, comprising:
- receiving from an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device a media stream that was caused to be retrieved from a media streaming service via use of a first app installed on the appliance;
- using a data contained within the received media stream to determine an identity of the media streaming service;
- using an IP protocol extension to automatically retrieve from the appliance a user credential that is associated with the determined identity of the media streaming service;
- and
- causing the user credential for the media streaming service to be automatically associated with a second app installed on the smart device whereupon the user credential will be verifiable by the media streaming service upon a subsequent usage of the second app installed on the smart device to access the media streaming service.
A smart device, comprising:
- a processing device programmed to receive from an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device a media stream that was caused to be retrieved from a media streaming service via use of a first app installed on the appliance;
- use a data contained within the received media stream to determine an identity of the media streaming service;
- use an IP protocol extension to automatically retrieve from the appliance a user credential that is associated with the determined identity of the media streaming service;
- and cause the user credential for the media streaming service to be automatically associated with a second app installed on the smart device whereupon the user credential will be verifiable by the media streaming service upon a subsequent usage of the second app installed on the smart device to access the media streaming service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.