Patent ID: 9544620
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of enabling a user to return to a recently-accessed service, comprising: i. upon access of a service on a second display, where the second display is configured to browse the service using an authentication credential of an associated content playback device by accessing a proxy server associated with the service or a management server or both, such that the proxy server presents to the service the authentication credentials of the content playback device, such that the second display appears to the service as an authenticated content playback device, logging a notation of the access along with a time stamp on a list, such that a recently-accessed service list is created, the recently-accessed service list stored on the management server, the management server providing access to a plurality of service providers; and ii. upon request by the second display, or upon request by a different second display, the different second display in network communication with the management server, providing the recently-accessed service list for display on the second display or on the different second display; iii. wherein a content source of an asset associated with the service is hidden from the second display.