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US 8,898,743 B1Granted
Personal content control on media device using mobile user device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsLukasz Kowalik, Marcin Stanislaw Wielgus
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Abstract
A method for controlling personal content on a media device includes establishing, at the media device, a wireless connection with a mobile user device using a wireless communication circuit of the media device; receiving, from the mobile user device, account information for an account associated with personal content, the personal content of the account accessible by the media device from a server computer over a communication network or from a memory of the media device; receiving, from the mobile user device, a usage term for accessing or using the personal content of the account; and controlling access to or usage of the personal content of the account by the media device based on the received account information and the usage term.
Claims16
A method for controlling personal content on a media device, the method comprising:
- establishing, at the media device, a first wireless connection with a first mobile user device using a wireless communication circuit of the media device and in response to establishing the first wireless connection:
- receiving, at the media device, first account information from the first mobile user device for a first account associated with first personal content, the first personal content associated with the first account accessible by the media device from a first server computer over a communication network;
- and
- receiving, at the media device, a first usage term from the first mobile user device for accessing or using the first personal content of the first account, wherein the first usage term specifies at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the first personal content associated with the first account to be presented;
- establishing, at the media device, a second wireless connection with a second mobile user device using the wireless communication circuit of the media device and in response to establishing the second wireless connection:
- receiving, at the media device, second account information from the second mobile user device for a second account associated with second personal content, the second personal content associated with the second account accessible by the media device from a second server computer over the communication network;
- and
- receiving, at the media device, a second usage term from the second mobile user device for accessing or using the second personal content of the second account, wherein the second usage term specifies at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the second personal content associated with the second account to be presented;
- causing, using the media device, content from the first personal content to be presented based on the received first usage term;
- and
- causing, using the media device, content from the second personal content to be presented based on the received second usage term.
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A computer program product for controlling personal content on a media device, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for:
- establishing, at the media device, a first wireless connection with a first mobile user device using a wireless communication circuit of the media device and in response to establishing the first wireless connection:
- receiving, at the media device, first account information from the first mobile user device for a first account associated with first personal content, the first personal content associated with the first account accessible by the media device from a first server computer over a communication network;
- and
- receiving, at the media device, a first usage term from the first mobile user device for accessing or using the first personal content of the first account, the first usage term specifying at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the first personal content associated with the first account to be presented;
- establishing, at the media device, a second wireless connection with a second mobile user device using the wireless communication circuit of the media device and in response to establishing the second wireless connection:
- receiving, at the media device, second account information from the second mobile user device for a second account associated with second personal content, the second personal content associated with the second account accessible by the media device from a second server computer over the communication network;
- and
- receiving, at the media device, a second usage term from the second mobile user device for accessing or using the second personal content of the second account, wherein the second usage term specifies at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the second personal content associated with the second account to be presented;
- causing, using the media device, content from the first personal content to be presented based on the received first usage term;
- and
- causing, using the media device, content from the second personal content to be presented based on the received second usage term.
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A system for controlling personal content on a media device, the system comprising:
- a processor configured to establish a first wireless connection with a first mobile user device using a wireless communication circuit of the media device, wherein, in response to establishing the first wireless connection the processor is configured to:
- receive, at the media device, first account information from the first mobile user device for a first account associated with first personal content, the first personal content associated with the first account accessible by the media device from a first server computer over a communication network;
- receive, at the media device, a first usage term from the first mobile device for accessing or using the first personal content of the first account, wherein the first usage term specifies at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the first personal content of the first account to be presented;
- and
- the processor configured to establish a second wireless connection with a second mobile user device using the wireless communication circuit of the media device, wherein, in response to establishing the second wireless connection the processor is configured to:
- receive, at the media device, second account information from the second mobile user device for a second account associated with second personal content, the second personal content associated with the second account accessible by the media device from a second server computer over the communication network;
- receive, at the media device, a second usage term from the second mobile user device for accessing or using the second personal content of the second account, wherein the second usage term specifies at least one rule that inhibits the media device from causing at least a portion of the second personal content associated with the second account to be presented;
- cause, using the media device, content from the first personal content to be presented based on the received first usage term;
- and
- cause, using the media device, content from the second personal content to be presented based on the received second usage term.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.