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Interfacing a television with a second device

  • US 10,609,321 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2018
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for interfacing devices, comprising:

  • detecting, using a mobile device that includes a hardware processor and a mobile display, a display device that is proximal to the mobile device over a communications network, wherein the display device is presenting media content;

    causing, using the hardware processor, the mobile device to be communicatively coupled to the display device;

    causing, using the hardware processor, a first card interface to be presented on the mobile display, wherein the first card interface relates to a first media content item currently being presented on the display device and wherein the first card interface includes a first set of interactive functions associated with the media content currently being presented on the display device;

    in response to a second media content item being presented on the display device, causing, using the hardware processor, a second card interface to be presented on the mobile display, wherein the second card interface that relates to the second media content item currently being presented on the display device and wherein the second card interface includes a second set of interactive functions associated with the second card interface;

    receiving, using the hardware processor, an input on the mobile display of the mobile device that corresponds to a request to present the previously presented first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions for a second time;

    in response to receiving the input on the mobile display of the mobile device, retrieving, using the hardware processor, the previously presented first card interface from a local memory of the mobile device; and

    causing, using the hardware processor, the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to be presented for the second time on the mobile display.

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