Discovery, access control, and communication with networked services

• US 10,425,675 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2018
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samba TV Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Free Stream Media Corporation
• Inventors: Harrison, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kurien, Christen A
• Application Number:
  US15/879,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20180152747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/033 Test or assess software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6405 Multicasting data broadcast and multicast in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 : involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]

Abstract

A system includes a television executing a discoverable service thereon to provide a communication, and a device residing in a same private network of a computer network as the television. The device is configured to constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox, execute a sandboxed program in the executable environment, use a pseudonym of a user, and call a discovery agent to find the discoverable service of the television within the same private network in accordance with the communication. The device and the television are associated by way of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service using at least the communication from the discoverable service within the same private network. The system also includes a targeting system to receive the pseudonym, identify the user of the device using the pseudonym, and target advertising to the identified user of the device using the sandboxed program and/or the discoverable service.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a television executing a discoverable service thereon to provide a communication;

a device residing in a same private network of a computer network as the television, the device configured to;

constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox,

execute a sandboxed program in the executable environment,

use a pseudonym of a user, and

call a discovery agent to find the discoverable service of the television within the same private network in accordance with the communication provided by the television,

wherein the device and the television are associated with one another by way of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service executing thereon respectively using at least the communication from the discoverable service within the same private network; and

a targeting system to;

receive the pseudonym,

identify the user of the device using the pseudonym, and

target advertising to the identified user of the device using at least one of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a server executing a discovery service to;

receive the communication from the television,

identify the television with the discoverable service using at least one of a globally unique identification (GUID), a human-friendly name, a private address data and a public address data of the television,

determine that the discoverable service of the television is available, and

reply to a query from any of the device, the targeting system and another device to find the discoverable service of the television.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of:

the communication of the television comprises at least one of the GUID, the human-friendly name, the private address data and the public address data of the discoverable service, and

the public address data is provided by a network address translator straddling both a public network and the same private network of the computer network.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the device and the television are associated using at least one of:

the pseudonym, the communication, the GUID, the human-friendly name, the private address data and the public address data of the discoverable service of the television, and a private address data and a public address data of the sandboxed program of the device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the pseudonym of the user is a long-term unique identifier of the sandboxed program of the device that is unlikely to change.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sandboxed program is at least one:

of an embedded object, a script, a binary executable, an intermediate bytecode, and an abstract syntax tree.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a media device to send a video to at least one of;

the television and the device within a home of the user without requiring user configuration and account registration.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein:

a payload is communicated between the server and the discoverable service of the television.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein:

a media payload is communicated between the server and the sandboxed program of the device.

10. A system comprising:

a television executing a discoverable service thereon to provide a communication;

a device residing in a same private network of a computer network as the television, the device configured to;

constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox,

execute a sandboxed program in the executable environment,

use a pseudonym of a user, and

call a discovery agent to find the discoverable service of the television within the same private network in accordance with the communication provided by the television,

wherein the pseudonym of the user is a hardware address of a node of the sandboxed program within the same private network, and

wherein the device and the television are associated with one another by way of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service executing thereon respectively using at least the communication from the discoverable service within the same private network; and

a targeting system to;

receive the pseudonym,

identify the user of the device using the pseudonym, and

target advertising to the identified user of the device.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a server executing a discovery service to;

receive the communication from the television,

identify the television with the discoverable service using at least one of a GUID, a human-friendly name, a private address data and a public address data of the television,

determine that the discoverable service of the television is available, and

reply to a query from any of the device, the targeting system and another device to find the discoverable service of the television.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein at least one of:

the communication of the television comprises at least one of the GUID, the human-friendly name, the private address data and the public address data of the discoverable service, and

the public address data is provided by a network address translator straddling both a public network and the same private network of the computer network.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the device and the television are associated using at least one of:

the pseudonym, the communication, the GUID, the human-friendly name, the private address data and the public address data of the discoverable service of the television, and a private address data and a public address data of the sandboxed program of the device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the pseudonym of the user is a long-term unique identifier of the sandboxed program of the device that is unlikely to change.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the sandboxed program is at least one:

of an embedded object, a script, a binary executable, an intermediate bytecode, and an abstract syntax tree.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a media device to send a video to at least one of;

the television and the device within a home of the user without requiring user configuration and account registration.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein:

a media payload is communicated between the server and the sandboxed program of the device.

18. A method comprising:

initiating a discoverable service executing on a television to provide a communication;

through a device residing in a same private network of a computer network as the television;

constraining an executable environment in a security sandbox;

executing a sandboxed program in the executable environment;

using a pseudonym of a user; and

calling a discovery agent to find the discoverable service of the television within the same private network in accordance with the communication provided by the television;

associating the device and the television with one another by way of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service executing thereon respectively using at least the communication from the discoverable service within the same private network; and

through a targeting system;

receiving the pseudonym;

identifying the user of the device using the pseudonym; and

targeting advertising to the identified user of the device using at least one of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

executing a discovery service on a server to;

receive the communication from the television,

identify the television with the discoverable service using at least one of a GUID, a human-friendly name, a private address data and a public address data of the television,

determine that the discoverable service of the television is available, and

reply to a query from any of the device, the targeting system and another device to find the discoverable service of the television.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising:

including at least one of the GUID, the human-friendly name, the private address data and the public address data of the discoverable service in the communication of the television; and

providing the public address data through a network address translator straddling both a public network and the same private network of the computer network.