SECOND-SCREEN CONTROL AUTOMATIC PAIRING USING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20160241605A1
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Danciu, Daniel Robert, Bobohalma, Ramona, Taboriskiy, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 10,440,757 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for pairing multimedia devices is provided herein. The method may include operations of detecting a connection between a first-screen device and a pairing service, the first-screen device connecting to the pairing service through a local network and of generating a pairing code that is valid for a pairing session. The method may further include sending a request to a push notification server to send a push notification comprising the pairing code to a second-screen device, receiving the pairing code from the second-screen device, and associating the first-screen device and the second-screen devices as paired devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting a connection between a first-screen device and a pairing service, the first-screen device connecting to the pairing service through a network;

generating, by a processing device, a pairing code that is valid for a pairing session;

sending a request to a push notification server to send a push notification comprising the pairing code to a second-screen device;

receiving, by the processing device, the pairing code from the second-screen device; and

associating the first-screen device and the second-screen devices as paired devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the first-screen device is associated with a user account; and

identifying a plurality of devices associated with the user account, and

wherein sending the request to send the push notification to the second-screen device comprises sending a request to send the push notification to each of the plurality of devices associated with the user account other than the first-screen device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the first-screen device remains in communication with the pairing service over the connection; and

determining whether the first-screen device is located proximate to the second-screen device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the first-screen device is located proximate to the second-screen device comprises comparing an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the first-screen device with an IP address associated with the second-screen device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a confirmation to the second-screen device to permit the second-screen device to present a message to a user regarding the association of the first-screen device and the second-screen devices as paired devices, the confirmation including credentials for the first-screen device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the message is to be presented to the user of the second-screen device outside of an application user interface associated with the pairing service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pairing code is generated for the pairing session and wherein session information is associated with the pairing code, the session information comprising an identifier of the first-screen device.

8. A system comprising:

a memory to store instructions thereon; and

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to;

detect a connection between a first-screen device and a pairing service, the first-screen device connecting to the pairing service through a local network;

generate, by a processing device, a pairing code that is valid for a pairing session;

send a request to a push notification server to send a push notification comprising the pairing code to a second-screen device;

receive, by the processing device, the pairing code from the second-screen device; and

associate the first-screen device and the second-screen devices as paired devices.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to further execute the instructions to:

determine that the first-screen device is associated with a user account; and

identify a plurality of devices associated with the user account, and

wherein sending the request to send the push notification to the second-screen device comprises sending a request to send the push notification to each of the plurality of devices associated with the user account other than the first-screen device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to further execute the instructions to:

determine whether the first-screen device remains in communication with the pairing service over the connection; and

determine whether the first-screen device is located proximate to the second-screen device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the determining whether the first-screen device is located proximate to the second-screen device comprises comparing an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the first-screen device with an IP address associated with the second-screen device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is to further execute the instructions to send a confirmation to the second-screen device to permit the second-screen device to present a message to the a regarding the association of the first-screen device and the second-screen devices as paired devices, the confirmation including credentials for the first-screen device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the message is to be presented to a user of the second-screen device outside of an application user interface associated with the pairing service.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the pairing code is generated for the pairing session and wherein session information is associated with the pairing code, the session information comprising an identifier of the first-screen device.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a push notification from a push notification service, the push notification comprising a pairing code for pairing with a first-screen device;

extracting the pairing code from the push notification;

sending a request to pair with the first-screen device to a pairing service, the request comprising the pairing code; and

receiving a confirmation from the pairing service in response to the request to pair with the first-screen device, the confirmation including credentials for the first-screen device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending the credentials to the first-screen device to finalize pairing with the first-screen device.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising checking a permission setting before extracting the pairing code from the push notification and before sending the request to pair with the first-screen device.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

presenting a message regarding the confirmation on a display; and

receiving input from a user, the input comprising a request to pair with the first-screen device.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a media item provided on a content-sharing platform, the selection received on a second-screen device; and

sending a command to the first-screen device to request the media item from the content-sharing platform.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein extracting the pairing code from the push notification and sending the request to pair with the first-screen device to the pairing service are performed without contemporaneous user action.