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Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications

  • US 10,034,054 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2015
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remotely accessing user equipment, the method comprising:

  • storing, in a database, a first association between a first type of user request and a first plurality of action requests and a second association between a second type of user request and a second plurality of action requests, wherein each of the first plurality of action requests corresponds to a format that is compatible with a different interactive media guidance application implemented on user equipment;

    receiving a user request of a given type from a first user equipment;

    determining which of the first and second types corresponds to the given type of the received user request;

    in response to determining that the given type of the received user request corresponds to the first type;

    identifying second user equipment, of a plurality of user equipment capable of performing the first type of user request, that is accessible to the first user equipment;

    identifying, in the database, an action request of the first plurality of action requests that is compatible with an interactive media guidance application of the second user equipment; and

    transmitting the identified action request to the second user equipment in the format that is compatible with the interactive media guidance application of the second user equipment.

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