US 12,217,047 B2
System and method for app discovery, installation, and usage
Paul D. Arling, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Arsham Hatambeiki, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/443,743.
Application 18/443,743 is a continuation of application No. 17/406,667, filed on Aug. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,960,871.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184562 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a smart device, comprising:
receiving from an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device a media stream that was caused to be retrieved from a media streaming service via use of a first app installed on the appliance;
using a data contained within the received media stream to determine an identity of the media streaming service; and
using the determined identity of the media streaming service and an identifier for the home network to automatically cause a user credential for the media streaming service to be automatically associated with a second app installed on the smart device whereupon the user credential will be verifiable by the media streaming service upon a subsequent usage of the second app installed on the smart device to access the media streaming service.