US 11,671,651 B2
Methods and systems for enabling communications between devices
Derin Michael Zerr, Kahului, HI (US); Joel Walter Zdepski, Mountain View, CA (US); Shaun Eugene Marko, Oak Park, IL (US); Chad J. Schroeder, Sioux Falls, SD (US); Andy Loren Anderson, Sioux Falls, SD (US); and Christopher Paul Wollmann, Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Assigned to SONIFI SOLUTIONS, INC., Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Filed by Sonifi Solutions, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,453.
Application 17/710,453 is a continuation of application No. 16/828,660, filed on Mar. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,330,326.
Application 16/828,660 is a continuation of application No. 15/282,556, filed on Sep. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,631,042, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/308,442, filed on Mar. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/245,146, filed on Oct. 22, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/235,112, filed on Sep. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224973 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04L 67/54 (2022.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/6583 (2011.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04N 21/43637 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0457 (2013.01); H04L 67/54 (2022.05); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/6583 (2013.01); H04N 21/8186 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for selecting and delivering content, the system comprising:
a first network, the first network including:
a communication server; and
a first access point;
a second network, the second network including:
a plurality of device adaptors; and
a plurality of output devices, wherein each device adaptor in the plurality of device adaptors is connected to at least one output device in the plurality of output devices; and
at least first and second user devices;
wherein the first user device is registered with the communication server and associated with first information,
wherein the second user device is registered with the communication server and associated with second information,
wherein, in response to the first user device connecting to the first access point, the communication server makes a first device adaptor in the plurality of device adaptors visible to the first user device, and
wherein, in response to the first device adaptor being made visible to the first user device, the first user device directs the first device adaptor to output content through a first output device connected to the first device adaptor.
 
16. A method, comprising:
registering a first user device with a communication server, wherein the first user device is associated with first information;
registering a second user device with the communication server, wherein the second user device is associated with second information;
connecting the first user device to a first access point;
in response to the first user device connecting to the first access point, the communication server making a first device adaptor in a plurality of device adaptors visible to the first user device; and
in response to the first device adaptor being made visible to the first user device, the first user device directing the first device adaptor to output content through a first output device connected to the first device adaptor.