| 摘要 |
Embodiments of the invention provide a companion application that allows users to discover secondary content that supplements primary content that the user is enjoying and to run the secondary content within the application. Examples of primary content include, games, television shows, movies, and music. In one embodiment, a companion application runs on both the primary device, which is the device generating the primary content, and on the companion device. The companion application helps the user discover available secondary content. In addition to discovering secondary content that may be relevant to the user, the companion application includes an application-run environment in which secondary content applications may run. |
| 申请人 |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION |
发明人 |
CUPALA, SHIRAZ;ESPOSITO, MARIO;KANGA, CYRUS;MULCAHY, KATHLEEN PATRICIA;MEDAK, MATTHEW ALAN;BLACK, NEIL WARREN;TUDOR, ALEXANDER D.;VOREIS, ERIC CHRISTOPHER;SCHIEFELBEIN, WILLIAM F.;XU, ZHANGWEI;LOBB, KENNETH ALAN;PESSNER JR., RONALD OSWIN;TUCK, JASON ROBERT;BRODIE, HEATHER GRANTHAM;STACHNIAK, SZYMON PIOTR;ELLIOTT, JOHN DARREN;WOON, CLINTON CHI-WEN;SONGCO, RUSSELL P.;NAGER, HOWARD B.;ZANA, JOSHUA C.;HADDAH, MARC VICTOR;SOULE, ALEXANDER JAMES |
