# US 12,217,047 B2 · System and method for app discovery, installation, and usage > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,047 B2 - Document ID: US12217047B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/443,743 - Filed: 2024-02-16 - Published: 2024-06-06 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19 - Assignees: Universal Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Universal Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Paul D. Arling; Arsham Hatambeiki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217047B2 ## CPC - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - H04L 12/2807: {Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50)} - G06F 8/61: Installation - H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks} - H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)} - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04L 65/1073: Registration or de-registration - H04L 65/60: Network streaming of media packets - H04L 65/612: for unicast - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - H04W 12/068: {using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications} - H04L 65/4015: {where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference} - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with a cable service provider. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with the media service provider. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing in a memory of a server device associated with the media service provider a correspondence between the user credential and second app installed on the smart device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing in a memory of the smart device the user credential and a correspondence between the user credential and the second app installed on the smart device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data contained within the received media stream is provided to an automatic content recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data contained within the received media stream is provided to a character recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 8 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the data contained within the received media stream is provided to an automatic content recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the data contained within the received media stream is provided to a character recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with a cable service provider. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with a media streaming service provider. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the user credential is retrieved from a password manager service associated with the appliance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the appliance comprises a smart phone. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the appliance comprises a tablet computer device. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The smart device as recited in claim 16, wherein the programming causes the data contained within the received media stream to be provided to an automatic content recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The smart device as recited in claim 16, wherein the programming causes the data contained within the received media stream to be provided to a character recognition module to determine the identity of the media streaming service. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The smart device as recited in claim 16, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with a cable service provider. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The smart device as recited in claim 16, wherein the user credential comprises a username and password combination associated with a media streaming service provider. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The smart device as recited in claim 16, wherein the user credential is retrieved from a password manager service associated with the appliance.