Patent ID: 9426203
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method of using a control application on a companion device to control media applications running on a primary device, the method comprising: outputting for display on the companion device, an active-application interface that identifies a plurality of media applications running on the primary device, wherein the plurality of media applications comprise a first media application and a second media application; detecting, at the companion device, a user interaction that triggers a control interface to open; determining that a targeting of the control application is on the second media application; in response to the user interaction, outputting for display on the companion device the control interface that includes a plurality of virtual controls for the second media application; receiving a user interaction with a virtual control on the control interface; and communicating, from the companion device to the primary device, a control command consistent with the user interaction with the virtual control.