Methods and systems for pairing user device and content application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523445-B2
Application number	US-202016924850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2020
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

Methods and systems for pairing devices are disclosed. A user device may be used to navigate to a resource locator using. In response to a determination that an identifier associated with the user device matches at least one identifier associated with one or more devices accessing a first network, a paired communication may be established between the user device and a display device to facilitate control of one or more features of display device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining an identifier of a first device among one or more first identifiers associated with one or more devices associated with a network;
receiving, by a network device, a second identifier associated with a second device based on the second device accessing a resource locator associated with the network device; and
causing, based on the network device determining that the second identifier matches at least one of the first identifiers, pairing of the second device with the first device to enable control of one or more features of the first device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first identifiers comprise Internet protocol addresses assigned to the one or more devices associated with the network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessing the resource locator comprises at least one of displaying the resource locator or enabling automatic navigation to a resource associated with the resource locator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing pairing of the second device with the first device comprises allowing the second device to access information associated with communicating with the first device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing pairing of the second device with the first device comprises granting authorization for the second device to pair with the first device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device is associated with a display configured to output content to a user, wherein the second device is configured, based on the pairing, to control the one or more features of the first device, and wherein the one or more features are associated with the outputted content.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more features of the first device comprise a game control.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a set top box, and wherein the second device comprises a user device.

9. A system comprising:
one or more devices associated with a network; and
at least one network device configured to:
determine an identifier of a first device among one or more first identifiers associated with the one or more devices associated with the network;
receive a second identifier associated with a second device based on the second device accessing a resource locator associated with the network device; and
cause, based on determining that the second identifier matches at least one of the first identifiers, pairing of the second device with the first device to enable control of one or more features of the first device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more first identifiers comprise Internet protocol addresses assigned to the one or more devices associated with the network.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the accessing the resource locator comprises at least one of displaying the resource locator or enabling automatic navigation to a resource associated with the resource locator.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein causing pairing of the second device with the first device comprises allowing the second device to access information associated with communicating with the first device.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein causing pairing of the second device with the first device comprises granting authorization for the second device to pair with the first device.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first device is associated with a display configured to output content to a user, wherein the second device is configured, based on the pairing, to control the one or more features of the first device, and wherein the one or more features are associated with the outputted content.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more features of the first device comprise a game control.

16. A device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
determine an identifier of a first device among one or more first identifiers associated with one or more devices associated with a network;
receive a second identifier associated with a second device based on the second device accessing a resource locator associated with the device; and
cause, based on determining that the second identifier matches at least one of the first identifiers, pairing of the second device with the first device to enable control of one or more features of the first device.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more first identifiers comprise Internet protocol addresses assigned to the one or more devices associated with the network.

18. The device of claim 16 , wherein the accessing the resource locator comprises at least one of displaying the resource locator or enabling automatic navigation to a resource associated with the resource locator.

19. The device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to cause pairing of the second device with the first device cause the device to allow the second device to access information associated with communicating with the first device.

20. The device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to cause pairing of the second device with the first device cause the device to grant authorization for the second device to pair with the first device.

21. The device of claim 16 , wherein the first device is associated with a display configured to output content to a user, wherein the second device is configured, based on the pairing, to control the one or more features of the first device, and wherein the one or more features are associated with the outputted content.

22. The device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more features of the first device comprise a game control.

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Witkowski Bryan Kenneth
• Dandrea Robert
• Cherne Brian

Classifications

• H04W76/38

  triggered by timers · CPC title

• H04L61/5007 Primary

  Internet protocol [IP] addresses · CPC title

• H04W76/11 Primary

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title