Patent ID: 9374619
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a companion device service, comprising: establishing a persistent connection between a first client and a messaging fabric of a conductor element associated with a video system; receiving a pair message at the conductor element from the first client over the persistent connection to attempt to pair with the second client; verifying, using a client directory at the conductor element, whether the first client and the second client are authorized to be paired for providing the companion device service; and if the first client and the second client are authorized to be paired: wherein sharing comprises: receiving a request from the first client at the conductor element via the persistent connection for information associated with a session between the second client and the cloud component associated with the video system, verifying that the first client is paired with the second client, and if the first client is paired with the second client, contacting, by the companion device broker, a session state manager associated with the video system to obtain the information associated with the session, wherein the information in the cloud component associated with the session is provided to the first client and used on the first client resume playing a video of the session, and wherein the first client is configured to play the video of the session in a different resolution from the resolution used to play the video at the second client.