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Justin Michael Harrison

Lili Cheng

Arnold Neil Blinn

Jack E Ozzie

Cesare John Saretto

George P Moromisato

Kenneth Alan Lobb

Paresh S Suthar

Douglas C Hebenthal

Donald Marcus Gillett

Gilad Lotan

Humberto Castaneda

Kyle A Pontier

Andrew Everett Woods

Florin Gale

A companion gaming experience is associated with a particular game title, but a user interface for the companion gaming experience is generated by a separate program from the associated game title and is presented on a device separate from the device on which the game user interface itself is presented. When an associated game of the video game title is not running, the companion gaming experience presents guide information and/or statistics data for the game title. However, when an associated game of the game title is running, the companion gaming experience presents gameplay data for the game in near-real-time.

Companion gaming experience supporting near-real-time gameplay data

A portable computing device may be configured to allow a user to interact with one or more displays in a retail environment. The portable computing device may establish a communication link with a communication device in the retail environment and the user may be able to use the portable computing device to navigate through retail data and have it displayed on the display device in the retail environment.

Interaction with networked screen content via mobile phone in retail setting

Techniques and tools for controlling public output devices (e.g., public display devices) with client devices over a network. In some examples, a time-limited proximity code is displayed by a public display device, and a client device can provide the code via a public network to verify that the client device is present within a proximity zone and is allowed to control the public display. Once authorized, the client device can provide control data to control visual content on the public display. A relay service can be used to relay data over a network via communication connections between client devices and public display devices. For example, the relay service can be implemented on a server connected to the network and can use HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to relay data such as control data via messages from one device to another.

Controlling public displays with private devices

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