Transfer of content between screens

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the transfer and/or sharing of content between multiple devices. An interface may be used by a subscriber to cause content being viewed on a first device to be displayed at one or more other devices. Using an interface at a control device or source device, a user can select a content source, one or more target devices, and various options for outputting content from the content source at the target device(s). Selected content may be shared with or transferred to a target device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
outputting a message to a control device, wherein the message comprises content source information and target device information, the content source information comprising information identifying one or more content sources and the target device information comprising information identifying one or more target devices; receiving a message from the control device, wherein the message comprises an identification of a user-selected content source and an identification of one or more user-selected target devices, the user-selected content source comprising a client device from which a piece of content is output; using the identification of the client device and a stored association between the client device and a piece of content currently output from the client device, identifying the piece of content that is output from the client device; generating a content output instruction, wherein the content output instruction comprises information associated with the user-selected content source, the information identifying the piece of content that is output from the client device; and outputting the content output instruction to the one or more user-selected target devices, wherein the content output instruction comprises information to be used by the one or more user-selected target devices to retrieve the piece of content that is output at the user-selected content source.