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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Chalouhi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daren Gill, Concord, MA (US);
Sankar Ardhanari, Windham, NH (US);
Jordan Leonard Davis, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Thun, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for controlling mobile devices with user equipment devices. A user equipment device may detect a mobile device is within a predetermined proximity to the user equipment device by establishing a bi-directional communication. The user equipment device may determine an input/output option of the mobile device. The input/output option may be a microphone, a cellular Internet connection, a camera, or any other sensor and/or actuator of the mobile device. The user equipment device may generate for display an icon corresponding to the input/output option of the mobile device.