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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

May. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Sonifi Solutions, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Inventors:

Derin M. Zerr, Kahului, HI (US);

Joel Walter Zdepski, Mountain View, CA (US);

Shaun Eugene Marko, Oak Park, IL (US);

Andy Loren Anderson, Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Assignee:

SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC., Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for pairing user devices to selected output devices are provided. Pairing can include providing information identifying a user device to a system authority, such as a remote communication interface server. In response to verifying that a user associated with the identified user device is authorized to use a selected output device, the information identifying the user device and a local player connected to the selected output device is provided to a local controller or server. The local controller then creates and maintains an association between the user device and the local player, allowing a user of the user device to cast content to an output device associated with the paired local player.


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