Methods and systems for use in providing access through a secondary device to services intended for a primary device

摘要

Some embodiments provide methods of providing access to services comprise: receiving, from over a distributed network, a request from a secondary device to access an account; confirming authorization to access the account; identifying one or more primary devices registered with and corresponding to the account in response to confirming authorization to access to the account, where the one or more primary devices are multimedia playback devices; receiving, from the secondary device, a selection of a first primary device of the one or more primary devices, where the first primary device is separate and distinct from the secondary device; identifying services available to the first primary device and configured to be utilized through the first primary device; and providing access, through the secondary device, to the identified services.

主权项

1. A method of providing access to services, the method comprising:
receiving, at a service provider server and from over a distributed network, a request from a secondary device to access an account, wherein the service provider server is remote and distinct from the secondary device; confirming authorization to access the account; identifying one or more primary devices registered with and corresponding to the account in response to confirming authorization to access to the account, wherein the one or more primary devices are multimedia playback devices; receiving, at the service provider server from the secondary device, a selection of a first primary device of the one or more primary devices, wherein the first primary device is separate and distinct from the secondary device and the service provider server; identifying services available to the first primary device and configured and intended to be utilized through the first primary device; providing access through the secondary device to the identified services on behalf of the first primary device, wherein the providing the access to the identified services comprises providing the secondary device with access to the identified services without a request communicated to the first primary device; requesting, through a proxy server and from one or more third party service providers, a listing of content available to be played back on the first primary device; and communicating to the secondary device an altered listing of available content, wherein source access information that provides direct access to the identified content is removed in the altered listing.