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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Justin Harrison, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald M. Gillett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth A. Lobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
Arnold N. Blinn, Hunts Point, WA (US);
Justin Harrison, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald M. Gillett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth A. Lobb, Sammamish, WA (US);
Arnold N. Blinn, Hunts Point, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and tools for controlling public output devices (e.g., public display devices) with client devices over a network. In some examples, a time-limited proximity code is displayed by a public display device, and a client device can provide the code via a public network to verify that the client device is present within a proximity zone and is allowed to control the public display. Once authorized, the client device can provide control data to control visual content on the public display. A relay service can be used to relay data over a network via communication connections between client devices and public display devices. For example, the relay service can be implemented on a server connected to the network and can use HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to relay data such as control data via messages from one device to another.