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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Opentv, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Ran Grumer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Fishman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eunsook An, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danielle Maslow Zimmerman, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Crx K. Chai, Oakland, CA (US);
Colin Shengcai Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
OPENTV, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes associating a client device with a secondary device. The method further includes identifying a triggering event related to an operation of the secondary device. The method also includes, in response to identifying the triggering event, sending a message to the client device with a request for information related to the operation of the secondary device. The client device may have a user interface configured to receive the information. The method includes receiving, via a network, the information from the client device. The method further includes performing the operation at the secondary device using the information from the client device.