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Providing remote control of controllable device for performing media functionality with customized content list

  • US 10,499,102 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2018
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A media system comprising:

  • a controller;

    a plurality of controllable devices; and

    a storage device;

    wherein the controller generates a passkey in response to an occurrence of a first event associated with a particular one of the controllable devices;

    the controller stores in the storage device an association between the passkey and the particular one of the controllable devices;

    the controller causes the passkey to be displayed on a display device, wherein, after being displayed by the particular one of the controllable devices, the passkey is entered into a mobile device by a user in order to cause the mobile device to become associated with the particular one of the controllable devices;

    the controller determines a list of media content including only content that is available for use by the particular one of the controllable devices, wherein at least two of the plurality of controllable devices have a different sets of content available for use thereon;

    the controller transfers the list of media content to the mobile device via a computer network;

    the controller passes one or more commands received from the mobile device to the particular one of the controllable devices thereby allowing the mobile device to initiate one or more media functions on the particular one of the controllable devices utilizing first content selected from the list of media content until an occurrence of a de-authorization event; and

    the controller removes from the storage device the association between the passkey and the particular one of the controllable devices in response to the occurrence of the de-authorization event.

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