Google Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Normedix, Inc.

John Affaki

Majd Bakar

Francis Tsui

Michael Jon Sundermeyer

Mark David Scott

Jennifer Shien-Ming Chen

Dov Shimon Zimring

Mark Alan Foltz

Rob McCool

Rishi Chandra

Sarah Walter

Byungchul Kim

Ali Nadaff

Ali Naddaf

James Foody

Conor Hayes

Erik C Mikkelson

Robert Stephen Murdock

Jonathan Kyle

Rob Mccool

Maid Bakar

In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, at a server computing device, a launch request to launch and stream media content pertaining to a game session, the launch request being provided by a mobile device, selecting, using the launch request, a media host configured to stream the media content, verifying a user associated with the mobile device and launching the game session for streaming to the user on a device other than the mobile device. In addition, the method can include during the game session and while streaming the media content, receiving a plurality of real time control requests from the mobile device, and executing the control request by compositing, in real time, the at least one change and the media content and to produce a composite display and transmitting, to the device other than the mobile device, the encoded composite display for streaming in real time.

Independent control of interactive streaming media

A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a cast controller to have access to media operations and a state(s) associated with media content. The system receives commands from a cast controller, provides the commands to a media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. Another cast controller can receive the state notifications from the media player and control the media player based on the media operations and state(s) associated with media content.

System for universal remote media control in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-device environment

Systems, methods, and media for presenting media content are provided. In some implementations, a system for presenting media content is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor that is programmed to: establish a connection with a media playback device; respond to a discovery request from a computing device presenting a media content item; establish a persistent communication channel with the computing device over a network in response to a request from the computing device to establish the persistent communication channel; receive identifying information of the media content item being presented by the computing device and identifying information of a source of the media content item being presented by the computing device; request the media content item from the identified source of the media content item as a stream of media content; and cause the media content item to be presented using the media playback device.

Systems, methods, and media for presenting media content

Reader device

A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a media controller (such as computer or mobile device) to have access to running activities (such as a television show playing on a media player). The protocol does not require installation of a specific platform application, or a specific user-login/pairing of the media controller with the media player. The system receives commands from a media controller device using a common interface, provides the commands to a remote media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. The commands and the state notifications include a namespace and a message payload represented as a two-element script array. Another user or device can control the media player using the common interface, for example provided by a browser application on the media controller device.

Downloading previously aired programs using peer-to-peer networking includes, in certain aspects, sending a request identifying a previously aired program to a computing device. A list of a plurality of client devices that may have at least a portion of the previously aired program are received from the computing device, and portions of the previously aired program are received from one or more of the plurality of client devices.

Downloading previously aired programs using peer-to-peer networking

A picture-in-picture window is opened in response to a user-entered replay command received while displaying a live state of video content on a screen. At least a portion of the video content is replayed on one of the screen and the picture-in-picture window while continuing displaying of the live state of the video content in the other of the screen and the picture-in-picture window.

Picture-in-picture window for video replay

A terminal server receives a request from a client to execute an application program on the terminal server. The terminal server identifies information associated with the application program and determines whether the client is permitted to access the application program based on the information associated with the application program. If the client is permitted to access the application program, the application program is launched within an application launcher on the terminal server, which sends data to be rendered to the client and instructs the client to begin rendering the data after successfully launching the application program.

Method and apparatus for controlling execution of an application

An implementation of a technology, described herein, for software installation and/or configuration. At least one implementation, described herein, provides for the installation, configuration, or uninstallation of software components on one or more target computing systems. This described implementation includes a runtime interpreting installation and configuration ('install-config') program module and one or more data-based, runtime interpreted, install-config feature descriptions. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.

Software installation and configuration with specific role for target computer and identity indicator for authorization for performance of features

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