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Patent No.:

US 12250270 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2023

Synchronizing an application on a companion device

Applicant:

Opentv, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Debra Hensgen, San Jose, CA (US);

Ludovic Pierre, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Martin Gibson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nandini Iyer, Fremont, CA (US);

Jean-Rene Menand, Los Altos, CA (US);

Sebastian Rapport, Grass Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Maier & Maier, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Le H Luu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/95 (2019.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/00 (2022.01); H04L 65/1059 (2022.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/8545 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); G06F 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 16/95 (2019.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/2834 (2013.01); H04L 65/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/43079 (2020.08); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/8545 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01);
Abstract

A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an 'app-sync indicator' for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device.

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