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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10963147 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2018

Media-aware interface

Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kathleen Patricia Mulcahy, Seattle, WA (US);

Shiraz Cupala, Seattle, WA (US);

John Darren Elliott, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);

Wyatt Douglas Jackson, Bothell, WA (US);

Hansen Liou, Bellevue, WA (US);

Alain P. Maillot, Redmond, WA (US);

Neil Warren Black, Seattle, WA (US);

Joshua C. Zana, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Examiner:

Sahar Aqil Riaz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); A63F 13/20 (2014.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); A63F 13/493 (2014.01); A63F 13/812 (2014.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/50 (2014.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); A63F 13/06 (2013.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/493 (2014.09); A63F 13/50 (2014.09); A63F 13/812 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); G06F 16/489 (2019.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a companion application that allows users to discover secondary content that supplements primary content that the user is enjoying and to run the secondary content within the application. Examples of primary content include, games, television shows, movies, and music. In one embodiment, a companion application runs on both the primary device, which is the device generating the primary content, and on the companion device. The companion application helps the user discover available secondary content. In addition to discovering secondary content that may be relevant to the user, the companion application includes an application-run environment in which secondary content applications may run.

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