Patent ID: 11949956
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
an input/output circuitry configured to:
receive a request from a first device to control a second device;

a control circuitry configured to:
assign to the first device, based on an identifier of the first device and subscription data associated with the first device, a limited level of access for controlling the second device, wherein the limited level of access comprises a permission to modify which media content is transmitted for output by the second device; and
wherein the input/output circuitry is further configured to:
receive an input from the first device for controlling the second device; and

wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
perform a command based on the input from the first device, in response to determining that the input is a function permitted by the limited level of access for controlling the second device.