Patent ID: 9292368
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: executing a web-based media application and a shell application, wherein the web-based media application is executed by a set-top box and the shell application is executed by a mobile terminal, and the shell application provides communication between the web-based media application and a native function of the mobile terminal; registering the web-based media application with the shell application for the communication; and invoking the native function of the mobile terminal via the communication based upon a communication protocol that specifies a command of a native function associated with a set-top box; wherein the method further comprises one or more of: wherein the shell application is configured to access, through a common application programming interface (API), all native functions of the mobile terminal, and to run on top of a common web runtime application, wherein the shell application is compatible with multiple computing platforms, and wherein the command specifies pushing one or more media content items downloaded to the mobile terminal from a website to the set-top box.