Interoperability of discovery and connection protocols between client devices and first screen devices

    公开(公告)号:US10771592B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15997608

    申请日:2018-06-04

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A second screen application operating on a client device presents a deduplicated listing of devices in a user interface, each listed device associated with one or more coupling protocols. A selection of a listed device is received via the user interface with which to participate in a video display session. Application status information is obtained from a control server for a first screen application of the selected device, the application status information indicating whether the first screen application is in an existing video display session with a second client device. A coupling methodology is determined based on the indicated application status and coupling protocols available to the client device and the one or more coupling protocols of the first screen application; and the client device couples to the first screen application via the determined coupling methodology.

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