Patent ID: 11888914
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
a first computing device;
a second computing device; and
a video rendering device connected to the second computing device,
wherein the first computing device comprises:
one or more first processors; and
memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the first computing device to:
send, to the second computing device, a request to fling a content item from the first computing device;
receive, from the second computing device, an indication of:
a user selection of an output device connected to the video rendering device; and

based on acceptance of the request, and the user selection of the output device, fling the content item to the video rendering device for output via the output device; and

wherein the second computing device comprises:
one or more second processors; and
memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the second computing device to:
receive the request from the first computing device;
send the indication of the user selection of the output device;
causing the output device to output a prompt requesting permission, from a user of the output device, to output the content item via the output device; and
control output of the content item via the output device.