US 12,289,779 B2
Methods and systems for pairing user device and content application
Bryan Kenneth Witkowski, Philadelphia, PA (US); Robert Dandrea, Furlong, PA (US); and Brian Cherne, Cherry Hill, NJ (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,785.
Application 18/051,785 is a continuation of application No. 16/924,850, filed on Jul. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,523,445.
Application 16/924,850 is a continuation of application No. 15/476,322, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,750,552, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232469 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device located external to a premises, an identifier of a first device based on the first device accessing a resource locator associated with a network external to the premises, wherein the first device is one of a plurality of devices located at the premises and associated with a premises network located at the premises; and
causing, by the computing device and based on the computing device determining that the received identifier matches at least one of a group of identifiers associated with the plurality of devices associated with the premises network, pairing of the first device with a second device of the plurality of devices associated with the premises network, to enable control of one or more features of the second device via the first device.