Synchronization of favorites and/or recently viewed lists between registered content playback devices
First Claim
1. A method of viewing on a second display a list of favorite and/or recently-viewed elements, the elements corresponding to service providers accessible by a selected content playback device, comprising:
- i. establishing a communication session between a second display and a source of content, the communication session associated with a user account of a user;
ii. receiving on the second display an identifier of a content playback device specified by the user on which content is to be played back, the second display configured to control playback of content items on the content playback device;
iii. accessing from the second display a list of favorite or recently-viewed elements, the elements corresponding to service providers available to the user account, the user account associated with a plurality of content playback devices;
iv. wherein the accessing includes filtering the list on the second display, the filtered list including only those service providers offering content items available for playback on the specified content playback device, wherein the filtering includes removing service providers offering only content items that are not available because they are not playable on the specified content playback device, and wherein the filtering also includes removing service providers offering content items that are not available because the content items from the service provider are not available to the content playback device specified by the user because the user account is not affiliated with the service provider;
v. receiving on the second display a selection of a service provider from the filtered list; and
vi. transmitting an indication of the selection from the second display to the service provider.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and employing software to handle the playback of media, especially video, in browsers that, in addition to or instead of playing the media in the browser, may use second display protocols to instruct a separate display device to play the media. The software can of any type that can transmit the content or specify a network location of the content item for subsequent playback to a content playback device. In one implementation, the software may be in the form of a web browser or other application that is configured to use for the playback of selected media types. The browser maintains a list of favorite and/or recently viewed services and content items and is configured to filter the list to include only those content items, or services with such content items, available for play back on the separate content playback device. In this way, favorite content items and services and/or recently viewed content items and services are made accessible using the second display on any content playback device registered with the user.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of viewing on a second display a list of favorite and/or recently-viewed elements, the elements corresponding to service providers accessible by a selected content playback device, comprising:
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i. establishing a communication session between a second display and a source of content, the communication session associated with a user account of a user; ii. receiving on the second display an identifier of a content playback device specified by the user on which content is to be played back, the second display configured to control playback of content items on the content playback device; iii. accessing from the second display a list of favorite or recently-viewed elements, the elements corresponding to service providers available to the user account, the user account associated with a plurality of content playback devices; iv. wherein the accessing includes filtering the list on the second display, the filtered list including only those service providers offering content items available for playback on the specified content playback device, wherein the filtering includes removing service providers offering only content items that are not available because they are not playable on the specified content playback device, and wherein the filtering also includes removing service providers offering content items that are not available because the content items from the service provider are not available to the content playback device specified by the user because the user account is not affiliated with the service provider; v. receiving on the second display a selection of a service provider from the filtered list; and vi. transmitting an indication of the selection from the second display to the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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