System and method of discovery and launch associated with a networked media device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- accessing a multicast capability of an operating system of a client device associated with a user through an application residing on the client device;
discovering, through the client device, at least one other data processing device in an active state of reception of data from the client device through a shared computer network based on the multicast capability accessed in the client device in accordance with wirelessly broadcasting, through the client device, a multicast message to the at least one other data processing device, the at least one other data processing device being communicatively coupled to the client device through the shared computer network;
determining, through the client device, that an application residing on the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device through the shared computer network is similar to the application residing on the client device based on the wirelessly broadcast multicast message to the at least one other data processing device; and
enabling, through the client device, access to an identifier of the application residing on the at least one other data processing device determined to be similar to the application residing on the client device.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and/or system related to discovery and launch system and method. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes accessing a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device, determining if there is a similar application locally stored on a networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network, and either populating a table of the operating system of the client device with a list of applications and/or presenting identifiers to the client device to enable a user thereof to select an identifier therethrough.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing a multicast capability of an operating system of a client device associated with a user through an application residing on the client device; discovering, through the client device, at least one other data processing device in an active state of reception of data from the client device through a shared computer network based on the multicast capability accessed in the client device in accordance with wirelessly broadcasting, through the client device, a multicast message to the at least one other data processing device, the at least one other data processing device being communicatively coupled to the client device through the shared computer network; determining, through the client device, that an application residing on the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device through the shared computer network is similar to the application residing on the client device based on the wirelessly broadcast multicast message to the at least one other data processing device; and enabling, through the client device, access to an identifier of the application residing on the at least one other data processing device determined to be similar to the application residing on the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a computer network; a client device, associated with a user and comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory; and at least one other data processing device configured to share the computer network with the client device, wherein the processor of the client device is configured to execute instructions to; access a multicast capability of an operating system of the client device through an application residing on the client device; discover that the at least one other data processing device is in an active state of reception of data from the client device through the shared computer network based on the access of the multicast capability in the client device in accordance with wirelessly broadcasting, through the client device, a multicast message to the at least one other data processing device, determine that an application residing on the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device through the shared computer network is similar to the application residing on the client device based on the wirelessly broadcast multicast message to the at least one other data processing device, and enable access to an identifier of the application residing on the at least one other data processing device determined to be similar to the application residing on the client device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory medium, readable through a client device associated with a user and comprising instructions embodied therein that are executable through the client device, comprising:
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instructions to access a multicast capability of an operating system of the client device through an application residing on the client device; instructions to discover, through the client device, at least one other data processing device in an active state of reception of data from the client device through a shared computer network based on the multicast capability accessed in the client device in accordance with wirelessly broadcasting, through the client device, a multicast message to the at least one other data processing device, the at least one other data processing device being communicatively coupled to the client device through the shared computer network; instructions to determine, through the client device, that an application residing on the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device through the shared computer network is similar to the application residing on the client device based on the wirelessly broadcast multicast message to the at least one other data processing device; and instructions to enable, through the client device, access to an identifier of the application residing on the at least one other data processing device determined to be similar to the application residing on the client device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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