Systems and methods for interacting with media devices
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Chun-Ning Pan, Francislav P. Penov
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive at least one request for performing one or more operations, the request originating from a media application running on a media device, the request being broadcasted by the media device over a network to which the computing device is also connected. Information describing the request can be provided through a software application running on the computing device. A determination is made when user operating the computing device has approved the request. The operations are performed by at least the software application running on the computing device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, at least one request to use a display screen of the computing device as a second display screen, wherein the request originates from a media application running on a media device associated with a first display screen and includes information identifying the media application;
- providing, by the computing device, information describing the request to a software application running on the computing device;
- determining, by the computing device, that a user operating the computing device has approved the request;
- and
- causing, by the computing device, the software application running on the computing device to use the first display screen associated with the media device to present content.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:
- receiving at least one request to use a display screen of a computing device as a second display screen, wherein the request originates from a media application running on a media device associated with a first display screen and includes information identifying the media application;
- providing information describing the request to a software application running on the computing device;
- determining that a user operating the computing device has approved the request;
- and
- causing the software application running on the computing device to use the first display screen associated with the media device to present content.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:
- receiving at least one request to use a display screen of a computing device as a second display screen, wherein the request originates from a media application running on a media device associated with a first display screen and includes information identifying the media application;
- providing information describing the request to a software application running on the computing device;
- determining that a user operating the computing device has approved the request;
- and
- causing the software application running on the computing device to use the first display screen associated with the media device to present content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.