Abstract: Methods and systems for connecting a mobile device to a host machine cause the mobile device to act as a remote control for an application running on the host machine. When a user requests a connection, the host application generates an access key, transmits it to a web server, outputs a representation of the key, transitions to listening mode, and receives a connection request from the mobile device via the web server. The mobile device gains access to the web server by capturing the representation of the access key output by the host machine, and extracting the key from the captured representation, presenting the key to the web server. When the host application receives via the web server the request from the mobile device to connect to the computer, a connection between the computer and the mobile device via the web server is established.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing media editing capability to a user of a mobile device in communication with a video or an audio media editing system. The methods involve receiving at the mobile device information specifying a current user context of the media editing system and automatically activating functionality on the mobile device that corresponds to the current editing context. The functionality may be a subset of the editing system controls, controls associated with a plug-in software module, or new controls or control modalities enabled by the form factor and input modes featured on the mobile device. The functionality of the mobile device may be updated as the editing context changes, or temporarily frozen to enable multi-user work flows, with each user using a different editing function.