ADMINISTRATION OF WEB PAGE

• US 20140181947A1
• Filed: 04/17/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Lund, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,832,178 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Personalization and projection of television or other content related services is contemplated. Services may be personalized according to a user identifier or other identifier associated with a mobile device, a second screen device or other type of device. The personalized services may be projected, transferred or otherwise accessed through another device, such as but not necessarily limited to a computer, a television, a settop box (STB), a gateway, etc.

Claims

1. A method for personalizing television services delivered through webpages comprising:

facilitating download of an authentication webpage to the mobile device;

facilitating download of an identity token to the mobile device as a function of user interaction with the authentication webpage;

facilitating detection of a static device in proximity to the mobile device;

facilitating download of a personalized services webpage to the mobile device, the personalized services webpage indicating television services available to the mobile device, the television services being personalized as a function of the identity token, the personalized services webpage indicating one or more devices available to support one or more remotes services, the static device being one of the one or more devices available for remote services;

facilitating download of a services selection webpage to the mobile device as a function of user interaction with the personalized services webpage indicating selection of the static device to support remote services, the services selection webpage indicating one or more television services available for implementation at the static device as remote services;

facilitating download of a service token to the mobile device as a function of user interaction with the services selection webpage, the service token authorizing use of a first remote service, the first remote service being one of the one or more television services indicated in the service selection webpage; and

facilitating download of a remote services active webpage to the static device in response to receipt of the service token, the remote services active webpage activating the first remote service at the static device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising facilitating download of a remote services waiting webpage to the static device prior to facilitating download of the remote services active webpage to the static device, the remote services waiting webpage initiating a remote session for the static device.

3. The method claim 2 further comprising facilitating download of the remote services active webpage in response to receipt of the service token from the static device.

4. The method claim 3 further comprising the mobile device transmitting instructions to the static device to trigger issuance of the service token.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the instructions being sufficient to adjust a document object model (DOM) object associated with a DOM of a web browser operating on the static device, the adjustment of the DOM object causing automatic issuance of the service token.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising facilitating download of a remote controller webpage to the mobile device, the remote controller webpage displaying user selectable features sufficient to facilitate controlling operation of the first remote service at the static device.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the mobile device transmitting additional instructions to the static device to facilitate control of the first remote service at the static device, the additional instructions being sufficient to adjust an additional DOM object of the web browser according to user interaction with the remote controller webpage.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising facilitating communication of the token through a bridge constructed between the static device and the mobile device.

9. The method claim 1 further comprising:

designating the first remote service within the services selection webpage as a television guide application, the remote services active page instigating the television guide application on the static device; and

facilitating download of a remote controller webpage to the mobile device, the remote controller webpage displaying user selectable features sufficient to facilitate controlling operation of the television guide application at the static device according to user inputs to the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

designating the first remote service within the services selection webpage as a content push application, the remote services active page presenting content associated with the content push application on the static device; and

facilitating download of a remote controller webpage to the mobile device, the remote controller webpage displaying user selectable features sufficient to facilitate controlling operation of the content push application at the static device according to user inputs to the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining detection of the static device within proximity to the mobile device as a function of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with the mobile device and the static device, the one or more devices available to support one or more remotes services having outside IP addresses matching with an outside IP address of the mobile device.

12. A computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions stored thereon which are operable with a processor of a mobile device to facilitate projecting television services accessed through a mobile browser of the mobile device to a television browser associated with a television, the computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate:

downloading a remote service selection webpage from a Web server for display through the mobile browser, the remote service selection webpage indicating one or more television services available for projection to the television browser;

identifying selection of a first television service of the one or more television services indicated within the remote service selection webpage as being available for projection;

transmitting a service token request to obtain a service token required to project the first television service through the television browser, the service token request identifying the first television service and an identification token previously downloaded to the mobile device;

receiving the service token following successful authentication of the identification token;

transmitting the service token to the television browser; and

generating instructions sufficient to control the television browser to automatically transmit the service token to the Web server, and following successful authentication of the service token transmitted from the television browser, to control the television browser to download a remote services active page from the Web server, the remote services active page delivering the first television service from the Web server to the television browser, thereby projecting the first television service to the television.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate control of a document object model (DOM) associated with a remote services waiting webpage downloaded from the Web server to the television browser such that the television browser is controlled to automatically transmit the service token and to download the remote services active page.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to control the DOM by controllably setting one or more attributes for one or more DOM objects.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate transmitting the service token to the television browser through an application bridge constructed between the mobile device and the television.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions sufficient for downloading an authentication webpage from the Web server for display through the mobile browser, including instructions sufficient for submitting a username and a password through the authentication webpage, the username and the password being used to issue the identification token to the mobile device.

17. A computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions stored thereon which are operable with a processor of a mobile device to facilitate projecting television services accessed through a mobile browser of the mobile device to a television browser associated with a television, the computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate:

identifying a first document object model (DOM) associated with a remote services selection webpage downloaded to the mobile browser, including identifying a first plurality of DOM objects created to facilitate rendering the remote services selection webpage through the mobile browser, the remote services selection webpage identifying one or more projectable television services, the projectable television services being eligible for projection to the television;

identifying attribute changes for one or more of the first plurality of DOM objections associated with user selection of a first television service, the first television service being one of the one or more projectable television services;

determining a service token to be transmitted to the mobile device as a function of the identified attribute changes;

transmitting the service token to the television browser; and

generating first DOM instructions sufficient for controlling a second DOM associated with a remote services waiting page downloaded to the television browser to transmit the service token to a Web server, and thereafter, download a remote services active page following successful authentication of the transmitted service token, the remote services active page delivering the first television service to the television browser, thereby projecting the first television service to the television.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate:

identifying a third DOM associated with a remote controller webpage downloaded to the mobile browser following the first television service being projected to the television, including identifying a second plurality of DOM objects created to facilitate rendering the remote controller webpage through the mobile browser, the remote controller webpage identifying one or more remote controls for the remote services active webpage;

identifying attribute changes for one or more of the second plurality of DOM objections associated with user selection of a first control, the first control being one of the one or more remote controls identified within the remote controller webpage; and

generating second DOM instructions sufficient for controlling a fourth DOM associated with the remote services active page to implement the first control.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate generating the second DOM instructions to produce attribute changes for one or more DOM objects of the fourth DOM, the attribute changes resulting in implementation of the first control at the television browser.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient to facilitate implementing the first control to at least one of move a cursor showing within the remote services active page and actuate a play control of video playing within the remote services active page.