Seamless transition between display applications using direct device selection

摘要

Transitioning between display applications, including: retrieving a device identifier when a first device is selected using a first display application running on a second device; enabling the first display application to launch a second display application using the device identifier of the first device, launching the second display application customized to automatically select the first device, wherein the automatic selection of the first device using the device identifier allows to bypass a device selection process. Keywords include seamless transition and direct device selection.

主权项

1. A method of transitioning between a plurality of display applications, the method comprising:
browsing, searching, and selecting media content using a first display application of a second device, wherein the first display application which is an application native to the second device; selecting a first device to play the media content; retrieving a device identifier of the first device; downloading a second display application from a network server to the second device; launching the second display application by the first display application customized to automatically select the first device using the device identifier,
wherein launching the second display application enables the second device to continue browsing, searching, and selecting media content while the previously selected media content is being played on the first device,wherein the first device is authenticated for the selected media content and the second device is not authenticated for the selected media content; sending the selected media content to the first device from the network server upon selection by the second device, the selected media content bypassing the second device,
wherein the second device is not given direct access to the selected media content; performing device discovery using a discovery protocol of the first display application; and passing information stored in a cookie to the first display application from the second display application to change devices,
wherein the cookie includes information about changing devices.