PROVIDING WEB-BASED CONTENT TO LOCAL DEVICE

• US 20120204093A1
• Filed: 02/08/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Habarakada, Shyam S., Pope, Matthew Jason, Reed, David Richard, Zana, Joshua Charles, Ravindran, Rahul
• Application Number:
  US13/022,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20120204093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for sending web-based content to a local device (e.g., TV) using a personal device (e.g., smartphone). A user can open a web-based document that comprises desired web-based content on their personal device (e.g., smartphone). Upon opening the web-based document, a document element can be dynamically generated in the web-based document that comprises a source served by a remote pairing service. A user interface (UI) can be rendered on the personal device, such as “send content” button. When the user activates (e.g., clicks on) the UI, the web-based content can be provided to the local device (e.g., TV), by sending or pulling, where the local device can be paired with the personal device by the remote pairing service.

Claims

1. A method for sending web-based content to a local device using a personal device, comprising:

dynamically generating a document element when a web-based document, comprising the web-based content, is opened on the personal device, where the document element comprises a source served by a remote pairing service; and

rendering a user interface (UI) on the personal device that, when activated, provides the web-based content to the local device, where the local device is paired with the personal device by the remote pairing service.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising registering the local device with the remote pairing service.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising incorporating a remote pairing service scripting language library in the web-based document.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising detecting a custom element in the web-based document, where the custom element facilitates providing the web-based content to the local device and comprises one or more content attributes for the web-based content.

5. The method of claim 3, generating the document element comprising using one or more controls in the remote pairing service scripting language library to generate the document element upon detection of a custom element comprising one or more content attributes for the web-based content.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising establishing a communication channel between the personal device and the remote pairing service using one or more request application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with the document element.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising using the remote pairing service to discover a desired local device for the personal device.

8. The method of claim 7, discovering the desired local device for the personal device comprising discovering a local device registered to the remote pairing service in association with the personal device.

9. The method of claim 1, rendering the UI comprising rendering a UI element that, when activated, selects a desired local device for the web-based content from a plurality of local devices.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising using the source in the document element to forward information about the web-based content to the remote pairing service.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising using the remote pairing service to forward the information about the web-based content to the local device.

12. The method of claim 10, using the information about the web-based content that is forwarded to the local device to pull the web-based content from the web-based document.

13. The method of claim 1, comprising rendering the web-based content on a display associated with the local device upon activation of the UI on the personal device.

14. A system for sending web-based content to a local device using a personal device, comprising:

a computer-based processor configured to process data for the system;

a scripting language library component configured to be incorporated in a web-based document and comprising web-based document controls associated with a remote pairing service;

a document element generation component operably coupled with the computer-based processor and the scripting language library component and configured to dynamically generate a document element when the web-based document, comprising the web-based content, is opened on the personal device, where the dynamically generated document element comprises a link to the remote pairing service; and

a user interface (UI) rendering component operably coupled with the dynamically generated document element and configured to render a UI on the personal device that, when activated, provides the web-based content to the local device, where the local device is paired with the personal device by the remote pairing service.

15. The system of claim 14, the dynamically generated document element comprising an inline frame element that is dynamically generated by one or more controls in the scripting language library component upon detection of a custom element in the web-based document.

16. The system of claim 15, the custom element in the web-based document comprising one or more attributes for providing the web-based content to the local device.

17. The system of claim 14, comprising the remote pairing service configured to perform one or more of:

register the local device to receive web-based content for the personal device;

discover a desired local device, from one or more local devices, for receiving the web-based content from the web-based document identified by the personal device;

provide information about one or more local devices registered for the personal device to the personal device;

retrieve information about the web-based content from the personal device over a communication channel established using the link from the dynamically generated document element; and

provide the retrieved information about the web-based content from the personal device to the desired local device for retrieving the web-based content from the web-based document.

18. The system of claim 14, the scripting language library component comprising script application programming interfaces (APIs) configured to specify attributes for the web-based content to be provided to the local device.

19. The system of claim 14, comprising one or more custom elements respectively comprising one or more attributes for the web-based content to be provided to the local device, the attributes comprising one or more of:

a uniform resource identifier (URI) configured to identify the web-based content available to be provided to the local device;

a use attribute configured to identify how the web-based content can be used by local device;

a timing attribute configured to identify a time for use of the web-based content;

a security attribute configured to identify which local devices may use the web-based content; and

a display attribute configured to identify how the web-based content is displayed by the local device.

20. A method for sending web-based content to a local device using a personal device, comprising:

incorporating a remote pairing service scripting language library in the web-based document comprising the web-based content;

dynamically generating a document element when a web-based document, comprising the web-based content, is opened on the personal device, where the document element comprises a source served by a remote pairing service, the generating of the document element comprising using one or more controls in the remote pairing service scripting language library to generate the document element upon detection of a custom element comprising one or more content attributes for the web-based content;

establishing a communication channel between the personal device and the remote pairing service using one or more request application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with the document element, where the communication channel is used to provide an identity of the local device;

rendering a user interface (UI) on the personal device that, when activated, provides the web-based content to the local device, where the local device is paired with the personal device by the remote pairing service; and

using the source in the document element to forward information about the web-based content to the remote pairing service, for use by the local device to pull the web-based content from the web-based document.