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Control of casting to media renderer

A media renderer, media technology, applied in the direction of specific environment-based services, selective content distribution, electrical components, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2019-04-02
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0004] While casting already simplifies the sharing of media renderers, it has the disadvantage that whenever a device casts media to a media renderer, the media is immediately rendered by the media renderer

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[0013] A method and system for controlling projection to a media renderer is provided. In some embodiments, the casting control system receives a request to cast to the media renderer and seeks permission from the gatekeeper to access the media renderer. For example, in a home environment, a parent may be the gatekeeper for the television in the home. When a child requests to cast from their tablet to the TV, the cast control system can send a notification via text message to the parent seeking permission to allow the child to cast to the TV. If the gatekeeper responds by granting permission, the requested casting is allowed and the transmitted (eg, streamed) media is rendered by the media renderer. For example, the media transmitted from the child's laptop to the media renderer is rendered by the media renderer when the parent sends a reply text message indicating permission. In this manner, the projection control system prevents the projection of media without the permissi...

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A method and system for controlling casting to a media renderer is provided. A casting control system receives from a requesting device a request to cast media to the media renderer. In response to receiving the request, the casting control system identifies a gatekeeper for the media renderer and notifies the gatekeeper that a request has been received to cast media to the media renderer. After the casting control system receives from the gatekeeper an indication to grant or deny the request, the casting control system allows or denies the casting of the media to the media renderer.

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Background technique [0001] Casting of media to media renderers (eg, TVs, monitors, and music players) is becoming more and more popular. "Casting" refers to a technique in which a device (eg, smartphone or tablet) discovers a media renderer and then transmits media (eg, wirelessly) to the discovered media renderer. In some cases, a device discovers media renderers that are part of the same network to which the device is connected by multicasting a discovery request over the network. In other cases, the device may discover the media renderer based on proximity to the media renderer, eg, using Bluetooth technology. Many media renderers are capable of casting, or can be enabled by attaching a casting device to one of their inputs (eg, a TV's HDMI port). [0002] Casting can be used to transfer various types of media. For example, a tablet currently playing a video can cast that video to a media renderer such as a TV. As another example, a smart phone that is streaming music ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L29/06H04N21/41H04L47/80
CPCH04L63/10H04N21/4122H04N21/41407H04W4/33H04W4/80H04L47/808H04L47/829H04L65/611
Inventor A·戈登S·J·保尔B·R·文森特
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC