MULTIPLE DEVICE MEDIA PLAYBACK

• US 20140157300A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Childs, Philip Lee, Vanover, Michael Terrell, Wang, Hui, Chen, Shaowei
• Application Number:
  US13/690,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20140157300A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2396 characterized by admission policies admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, at a remote device, selection information from a controller user device, the selection information comprising a source user device, one or more media files of the source user device, and one or more destination user devices; using the selection information at the remote device to determine the source user device and the one or more destination user devices; and issuing an instruction from the remote device to the source user device instructing the source user device to transmit the one or more media files to the one or more destination user devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a remote device, selection information from a controller user device of a first user, the selection information comprising a source user device of the first user used to generate and store one or more media files, an identification of the one or more media files of the source user device of the first user, and one or more destination user devices of at least one other user;

using the selection information at the remote device to determine the source user device of the first user and the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user;

authorizing the controller user device of the first user based on a cloud service;

wherein the authorizing comprises determining that the controller user device is authorized to access the source user device; and

wherein the authorizing comprises determining that the controller user device is authorized to access the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user; and

issuing an instruction from the remote device to the source user device of the first user instructing the source user device of the first user to transmit the one or more media files to the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, from the remote device, a list of available source user devices of the first user to the controller user device of the first user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, from the remote device, a list of available media files of at least one source user device of the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorizing comprises determining access to at least one media file of the at least one source user device of the first user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote device is a cloud computing device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the source user device of the first user is one of a desktop computing device, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, and a smart phone.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination user device of the at least one other user is one of a desktop computing device, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, and a smart phone.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller user device of the first user is one of a desktop computing device, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, and a smart phone.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more media files includes a word processing document.

4-6. -6. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

13. An information handling device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving, from a remote device, a list of available source user devices of a first user used to generate and store one or more media files;

receiving, from the remote device, a list of available media files of at least one source user device of the first user;

receiving, from the remote device, a list of available destination user devices of at least one other user;

transmitting information to the remote device for authorization, wherein the authorization comprises authorizing the first user based on a cloud service, wherein the authorizing comprises determining that the first user is authorized to access the at least one source user device, and wherein the authorizing comprises determining that the first user is authorized to access one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user; and

transmitting to a remote device selection information, the selection information comprising a source user device of the first user, an identification of the one or more media files of the source user device of the first user, and one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user;

wherein the selection information comprises information permitting the remote device to issue an instruction to a source user device of the first user instructing the source user device of the first user to transmit one or more media files to one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user.

16. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the authorization comprises determining that first user is authorized to access to at least one media file of the at least one source user device of the first user.

18. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the remote device is a cloud computing device.

19. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the information handling device is one of a desktop computing device, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, and a smart phone.

14-15. -15. (canceled)

20. A program product, comprising:

a storage device having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising;

computer program code configured to receive, at a remote device, selection information from a controller user device of a first user, the selection information comprising a source user device of the first user used to generate and store one or more media files, an identification of the one or more media files of the source user device of the first user, and one or more destination user devices of at least one other user;

computer program code configured to use the selection information at the remote device to determine the source user device of the first user and the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user;

computer program code configured to authorize authorize the controller user device of the first user based on a cloud service;

wherein to authorize comprises determining that the controller user device is authorized to access the source user device; and

wherein to authorize comprises determining that the controller user device is authorized to access the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user; and

computer program code configured to issue an instruction from the remote device to the source user device of the first user instructing the source user device of the first user to transmit the one or more media files to the one or more destination user devices of the at least one other user.