Patent ID: 11960539
Assignee: TOUCHSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A television, comprising:
a processor in communication with one or more video content provider servers;
a display; and
a media receiver configured to:
provide a unique identifier associated with the media receiver to the processor for communication with the one or more video content provider servers;
receive, from the one or more video content provider servers, one or more first messages indicating a synchronization code for display on the display, wherein authentication, by a remote device, of the synchronization code displayed on the display establishes a connection between the media receiver and the remote device;
receive one or more second messages based on an established connection, the one or more second messages referencing video content selected by a media playing element of the remote device and including a set of commands converted from a first format to a second format of the media receiver;
based on the one or more second messages, select a first type of media playing application from a plurality of media playing application types of the media receiver;
based on the one or more second messages, load the first type of media playing application;
in response to the one or more second messages, load video content in the first type of media playing application based of the media receiver; and
display the loaded video content on the display.