AUTOMATED ACCOUNTS FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK

• US 20140366102A1
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Parks, Jason, Kilbourn, Timothy, Ellington, Jeremy, Master, Cyrus Phiroze, Britt, Joe Freeman Jr., Lyon, Jeremy, Koh, Eugene, Chen, Michael Jonathon, Simmons, Jason, Dolinsky, Dmitry, Yaksick, Jeffrey David, Roman, Manuel, Otto, Owen Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 9,509,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1084 via third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2151 Time stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

Content stored on a server may be selected using a user device and enabled on a central device. The identity of the central device may be authenticated without transmitting user credentials corresponding to the user, user device, user account, etc. A central device identifier can be sent to the server via the user device. An encrypted version of the central device identifier may be returned to the user device and to the central device. The central device can send the encrypted and unencrypted version of the identifier to the server, and the server can transmit the desired content to the remote device based on a comparison of the encrypted and unencrypted identifier.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first content activation request from a first device;

receiving an identifying address corresponding to a second device;

providing the first content to the second device based on the identifying address;

receiving a control command from the first device; and

modifying the first content on the second device based on the control command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises a media file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the media file comprises an audio file.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the media file comprises a video file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device comprises a mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device comprises a personal computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first content activation comprises a timestamp.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

comparing a current time to the time stamp;

determining that the current time is within a threshold amount of time from the time stamp; and

providing the first content based on the determination.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a second content activation request from a third user device;

adding the second content to a content queue;

receiving an identifying address corresponding to a second device from the third user device;

providing the second content to the second device based on the identifying address; and

activating the second content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first user device and the second user device are in communication proximity to a central device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first user device and the second user device are approved by a master user prior to submitting content activation requests.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first user device or the second user device is assigned control permissions.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the control permissions includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of a rewind element, a play element, a pause element, a fast forward element, a slide element and a skip element.

15. A system comprising:

a database storing an identifying address corresponding to a robot account;

a processor in connection with said database, the processor configured to;

receive a first content activation request from a first device;

receive an identifying address corresponding to a second device;

provide the first content to the second device based on the identifying address;

receive a control command from the first device; and

modify the first content on the second device based on the control command.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the content comprises a media file.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the user device comprises a mobile device.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the user device comprises a personal computing device.

19. The system of claim 15, further configured to enable the content.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the first content activation comprises a timestamp.

21. The system of claim 20, further configured to:

comparing a current time to the time stamp;

determining that the current time is within a threshold amount of time from the time stamp; and

providing the first content based on the determination.

22. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a second content activation request from a third user device;

adding the second content to a content queue;

receiving an identifying address corresponding to a second device from the third user device;

providing the second content to the second device based on the identifying address; and

activating the second content.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the first user device and the second user device are in communication proximity to a central device.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the first user device and the second user device are approved by a master user prior to submitting content activation requests.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the first user device or the second user device is assigned control permissions.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the control permissions includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of a rewind element, a play element, a pause element, a fast forward element, a slide element and a skip element.