Abstract: Methods and systems for selectively connecting a user device on a first network to a peripheral device on a second network are provided. More particularly, a communication server controls the peripheral devices that are visible to a user device in a discovery process. In addition, the communication server limits the peripheral devices that are available to a user device to those peripheral devices that the user device is authorized to access. The system further enables a user device to operably connect to a visible peripheral device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2019
Assignee:
SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Inventors:
Joel Walter Zdepski, Shaun Eugene Marko, Chad J. Schroeder
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2019
Assignee:
SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2017
Assignee:
SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker
Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for browsing websites are provided. More specifically, a presentation browser application and method are provided that allows a user to browse content available from the World Wide Web using a display device and relatively limited user input device. The content is presented in a presentation skin selected from a number of available presentation skins. The presentation browser application is particularly useful for browsing the Internet with a television or the like.
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2016
Assignee:
SONIFI Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2015
Assignee:
SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2012
Date of Patent:
December 2, 2014
Assignee:
Sonifi Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker
Abstract: Methods and systems for associating or pairing a mobile device with a local output device via a central or mobile connect server system are provided. Pairing is performed by initiating a pairing request from an output device that is passed to the mobile connect server for processing. The mobile connect server responds to the request with a pairing code that is displayed by the output device. A user of the mobile device then enters the displayed pairing code in the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the entered pairing code to the mobile connect server and, in response to a match, the mobile device is paired to the output device. Pairing can enable various functions, including an ability to apply stored user preference data to control programming or other information displayed by the output device in response to commands entered in the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 28, 2014
Assignee:
Sonifi Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Derin M. Zerr, John S. Prince, III, James L. Fenno, John B. Baker