Patent ID: 9565475
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method implemented by a controller device for directing a target device to play a first title, comprising: discovering, by the controller device, the target device within a local network; exchanging, by the controller device, unique identifiers with the target device to establish an association with the target device; transmitting, by the controller device, a request to a content server machine to activate the target device, wherein the request indicates that the controller device is associated with the target device; determining, by the controller device, whether the target device includes a service application through which the target device can communicate with the content server machine; and if the target device includes the service application, then transmitting, by the controller device, one or more commands to the service application that direct the service application to stream the first title from the content server machine via a communication channel established between the target device and the content server machine.