Patent ID: 8621504

Claim:
A system for enabling a user with a location-aware mobile device to have at least partial control of a closest set top box associated with a closest television, the system comprising: a login server; a location system configured to store fixed locations of a plurality of set top boxes; and an accounting system configured to maintain account details of the user, the login server configured to receive a login command from the location-aware mobile device, the login command includes at least account information associated with the user and a current location of the location-aware mobile device; the login server configured to send the current location of the location-aware mobile device to the location system; the location system configured to store the current location of the location-aware mobile device; the login server configured to send a query to the location system to determine which one of a plurality of set top boxes is located closest to the current location of the location-aware mobile device; the location system configured to determine which one of the plurality of set top boxes is located closest to the current location of the location-aware mobile device; the location system configured to send information identifying the closest set top box to the login server; the login server configured to send the information identifying the closest set top box to the location-aware mobile device; the login server configured to send a request to the accounting system for at least a portion of the account details of the user stored therein; the accounting system configured to send the at least a portion of the account details of the user to the login server; the login server configured to send the at least a portion of the account details of the user to the closest set top box; the login server configured to send a login confirmation to the location-aware mobile device to indicate to the user that they now have at least partial control of the closest set top box to control content displayed on the closest television; an advertising system configured to interact with the location system to track demographics of the user and other users who are checked-in to have limited control of the closest set to box; the advertising system configured to send target advertising to the user and other users based on an aggregate of the tracked demographics of the user and the other users who are checked-in to have limited control of the closest set top box; and wherein the closest set top box is located outside of a home of the user but when the user has at least partial control of the closest set to box then the closest set top box functions in an identical manner as the one or more set to boxes located in the home of the user.