US 2016/0255121 A1Published application

Global setting for casting content to networked renderer

AssigneeVizio Inc.

InventorMatthew Blake McRae

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Abstract

A globally accessible list contains the identification of content casting applications, and the identification of stream receivers. When a casting application is launched to select a streaming content file, the casting application then accesses the global casting list and searches for the ID of the content casting application, and then selects the associated stream receiver to cast the URL to that stream receiver. This allows the user to not have to select the stream receiver every time a stream is cast. The list can be formed by an app, e.g., an application that forms the global list which may be an application that is provided with one of the stream receivers, for example. In one embodiment the list can be stored on a computer, e.g. the first computer that runs the application. The global casting list also contains, for each content casting application, an ordered list of IDs of user selected stream receivers by app and for by user. A stream receiver is selected based on order of the list.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

in a first computer, running an operating system that allows running different applications, including a plurality of different stream sending applications, each of said stream sending applications sending information that commands a stream of video to one of a plurality of remote stream receivers;
accessing, from said first computer, a list associating each of said stream sending applications with one or more stream receiving devices, where at least a first of said stream sending applications is associated with multiple stream receiving devices in said list;
detecting that said first stream sending application has been started;
checking said list to determine said multiple stream receiving devices which are associated with said first stream sending application, and first attempting to connect with a first stream receiving device from said list, associated with said first stream sending application and sending said information from said first stream sending application to said first stream receiving device if said first stream receiving device is available,
if said first stream receiving device is not available, then second attempting to connect with a second stream receiving device on said list and sending said information from said first stream sending application to said second stream receiving device if said second stream receiving device is available, and subsequently checking any other stream receiving devices on said list if said first and second stream receiving devices are not available, and if no streaming receiving device is available, then providing an error message on said first computer, but if a stream sending receiving device is available, then providing said information from said stream sending application to an available stream receiving device;
detecting that a second stream sending application different than said first stream sending application has been started;
and
checking said list and sending said information from said second stream sending application to entries on said list, where entries on the list for the second stream sending application are different than entries on the list for the first stream sending application.

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A computer system, comprising:

a first computer, running an operating system that allows running different applications, including a plurality of different stream sending applications, each of said stream sending applications sending information that commands a stream of video to be played by one of a plurality of remote stream receivers;
said computer accessing a list associating each of said stream sending applications with one or more stream receiving devices, where at least a first of said stream sending applications is associated with multiple stream receiving devices in said list;
said computer detecting that said first stream sending application has been started, and checking said list to determine said multiple stream receiving devices which are associated with said first stream sending application;
said computer first attempting to connect with a first stream receiving device from said list, associated with said first stream sending application and sending said information from said first stream sending application to said first stream receiving device if said first stream receiving device is available,
if said first stream receiving device is not available, then said computer second attempting to connect with a second stream receiving device on said list and sending said information from said first stream sending application to said second stream receiving device if said second stream receiving device is available;
if neither said first stream receiving device nor said second stream receiving device are available, then subsequently checking any other stream receiving devices on said list and if no streaming receiving device is available, then providing an error message on said first computer;
if a stream sending receiving device is available, then said computer providing said information from said stream sending application to an available stream receiving device;
said computer detecting that a second stream sending application different than said first stream sending application has been started;
and
checking said list and sending said information from said second stream sending application to entries on said list, where entries on the list for the second stream sending application are different than entries on the list for the first stream sending application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/630,296Filed 24 Feb 2015
Published: 1 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 65/1069
Session management: session establishment or de-establishment
H04L 12/4625
LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone: single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
H04L 41/509
Based on type of value added network service under agreement: wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
H04L 65/1094
In-session procedures: inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing