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Companion experience

  • US 10,534,789 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2017
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • displaying content on a first screen of a first computing device;

    discovering, by the first computing device, a second computing device having a second screen in a proximity of the first computing device;

    prompting, by the first computing device in response to the discovering of the second computing device, a user of the first computing device for display of a companion experience on the second screen of the second computing device, wherein the companion experience enables the content that is consumed on the first screen to serve as a basis for a web search for additional content that is renderable on the second screen of the second computing device, wherein the additional content is different from the content being displayed on the first screen of the first computing device;

    receiving, in response to the prompting, a user prompt to initiate the companion experience on the second computing device; and

    in response to the user prompt, transmitting information associated with but different from the content being displayed on the first screen of the first computing device to the second computing device to cause the web search and a resulting display of the additional content on the second screen of the second computing device.

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