Controlling a Media Device Using a Mobile Device

摘要

Techniques for automatically configuring and controlling a digital media device are described. A digital media device can be configured or controlled by a mobile device, e.g., a smart mobile phone. When the digital media device is being configured, the digital media device can broadcast a signal, indicating that the digital media device is requesting configuration information from a mobile device. A mobile device located in proximity of the digital media device, upon detecting the signal, can perform various security checks to determine that the request is legitimate, and then open a communication channel with the digital media device. The mobile device can provide user preferences of the mobile device, as well as credentials for accessing and downloading remote content, to the digital media device through the communication channel. Upon receiving the configuration information, the digital media device can use parameters in the configuration information as its settings.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, a wireless signal from a digital media device; determining, by the mobile device and based on the wireless signal, that a distance between the mobile device and the digital media device satisfies a proximity threshold distance, the proximity threshold distance being less than a maximum distance at which the wireless signal from the digital media device is detectable by the mobile device; establishing, by the mobile device, a communication channel based on the determining and based on one or more confirmation events indicating that the communication channel, when created between the mobile device and the digital media device, is secure; and providing, by the mobile device to the digital media device and through the communication channel, parameters for configuring the digital media device.