Patent ID: 8126434

Claim:
In a video display system, in which a first secure communication pathway comprising a first wireless communication link has been established between a first user device and a display of the video display system, a method for providing a second communication pathway, the method comprising: establishing a second wireless communication link between the video display system and a second user device; receiving, via the second wireless communication link, a request from the second user device for a second communication pathway between the second user device and the display of the video display system; determining whether the received request is a request for a second communication pathway linked to the first secure communication pathway; if it is determined that the received request is a request for a second communication pathway linked to the first secure communication pathway, then determining whether the second user device is authorized to access information being communicated between the first user device and the display of the video display system via the first secure communication pathway; and if it is determined that the second user device is authorized to access information being communicated between the first user device and the display of the video display system via the first secure communication pathway, then establishing the second communication pathway linked to the first secure communication pathway.