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US 2017/0289614 A1Published application
Mechanisms for casting content
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRussell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a processor on a first device, content intended for playback; identifying, using a sensor of the first device, a casting ready target device; the identifying including obtaining data associating a user operating the first device with the cast ready target device; and directing content for casting on the cast ready target based on the data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying, using a processor on a first device, content intended for playback;
- identifying, using a sensor of the first device, a casting ready target device;
- said identifying comprising obtaining data associating a user operating the first device with the cast ready target device;
- and
- directing content for casting on the cast ready target based on the data.
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A device, comprising:
- a sensor;
- a processor operatively coupled to the sensor;
- and
- a memory storing code that is executable by the processor to:
- identify content intended for playback;
- identify, using the sensor, a casting ready target device;
- wherein the code that is executable by the processor to identify is executable by the processor to obtain data associating a user operating the device with the cast ready target device;
- and
- direct content for casting on the cast ready target based on the data.
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A product, comprising:
- a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that identifies, using a processor on a first device, content intended for playback;
- code that identifies, using a sensor of the first device, a casting ready target device;
- said code that identifies comprising code that obtains data associating a user operating the first device with the cast ready target device;
- and
- code that directs content for casting on the cast ready target based on the data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.