Patent ID: 9148756
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling output of content on one or more media rendering devices, the method comprising: determining, by a mobile phone, output parameters of the one or more media rendering devices; requesting, by the mobile phone, a content list from a content processor; receiving, by the mobile phone, the content list; receiving, by the mobile phone, a request for content in the content list, generating, by the mobile phone, a command based on the request, the command including a uniform resource locator, the uniform resource locator including a domain of a gateway processor, an identity of a particular one of the one or more media rendering devices; and an identity of a session for the particular one of the one or more media rendering devices; sending, by the mobile phone, the command to the particular media rendering device to control the particular media rendering device to output the content during the session; receiving, by the particular media rendering device, the command during the session; sending a request from the particular media rendering device to the domain identified in the uniform resource locator during the session; and receiving the content by the particular media rendering device during the session.