Patent ID: 9491502
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request, at a server, to register a display device, the display device having integrated hardware in the display device for processing applications and for communication over the Internet with the server that provides select applications for installation and execution on the display device using the integrated hardware, the display device further including a connection for interfacing with a set-top-box for communication with a broadcast television provider that provides broadcast content via the set-top-box to the display device; registering the display device with the server, the registering includes receiving attributes of the display device and validating an access permission of at least one of the select applications using the received attributes of the display device; receiving, at the server from the display device, information for identifying the broadcast content that is currently being rendered on the display device as provided via the set-top box; using the information received from the display device to determine application data for the at least one of the applications to process by the integrated hardware of the display device; and sending to the display device the application data for the at least one of the applications to process by the integrated hardware of the display device, the application data being correlated to the broadcast content currently being rendered on the display device, wherein the method is executed by a processor.