Rovi Guides, Inc.

Sonic Ip, Inc.

Frederick Hermanson

Michael Patrick Chrabaszcz

Ramon Davila

Dustin James Williams

Geoff Ehlers

Bill Wagner

Ping Zhang

Brian Oberholtzer

Systems and methods are described herein for connecting client devices to applications on a server using web sockets. In one aspect, the systems and methods described provide for a routing table that may be used to direct communications between a client device and an application on a web server. The routing table may overcome challenges of implementing web sockets under current constraints of the web socket specification, the HTTP specification, and server implementations.

Systems and methods for connecting media devices through web sockets

Common clients for consumer electronics devices that include natively implemented virtual machines are described. One embodiment of the invention includes audio and video decoders, a natively implemented host process, a natively implemented virtual machine, a common client including natively implemented processes configured to coordinate playback of audio and video using the playback device's audio and video decoders, a VM framework configured to execute within the virtual machine and to enable scripts executing within the virtual machine to initiate playback of audio and video using the natively implemented processes, and a user interface implemented as a script configured to be executed within the virtual machine.

Real time flash based user interface for media playback device

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Annville, PA, United States of America

Frederick Hermanson