Patent ID: 11860938
Assignee: TOUCHSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A computer system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
computer memory storing computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a computing device having a first media player of a video content provider, a request for metadata relating to video content provided by the video content provider, the request including one or more parameters comprising at least one of: an account or a user identification;
identifying, based on the request, video content metadata satisfying the one or more parameters;
providing, to the computing device, the video content metadata satisfying the one or more parameters;
receiving (i) a video content selection and (ii) a video display selection indicative of a selected remote display, wherein a second media player is not loaded onto the selected remote display prior to the video content selection or the video display selection being received;
generating, based on the video display selection and the second media player not being loaded onto the selected remote display, a first command causing the selected remote display to load the second media player;
generating, based on the video content selection, a second command causing the second media player to present playback of the selected video content on the selected remote display under control of the computing device; and
transmitting (1) the first command to cause the selected remote display to load the second media player and (2) the second command to cause the loaded second media player to present the selected video content on the selected remote display under the control of the computing device, wherein subsequent to the second media player being loaded onto the selected remote display, control commands from the computing device are communicated to the selected remote display device by way of a video content provider server system.