US 11,991,221 B1
Reverse discovery and pairing of client devices to a media device
Julien Marchand, Zurich (CH); Ramona Bobohalma, Mountain View, CA (US); Daniel Kaemmerer, San Bruno, CA (US); and Sana Mithani, Plantation, FL (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,910.
Application 17/843,910 is a continuation of application No. 17/306,932, filed on May 3, 2021, granted, now 11,368,500.
Application 17/306,932 is a continuation of application No. 15/221,072, filed on Jul. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,999,331, issued on May 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/358,682, filed on Jul. 6, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1073 (2022.01); H04L 61/4541 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 65/1073 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4541 (2022.05); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 8/005 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for registering a media device, comprising:
receiving a registration request to register a client device with a server, the registration request comprising a first device identifier associated with the client device;
responding to the client device with a registration identifier to register the client device with the server;
receiving a registration request to register the media device with the server to allow the client device that is previously registered with the server to identify the media device, the registration request comprising a second device identifier associated with the media device; and
receiving the first device identifier from the client device that is previously registered with the server and an indication of whether the client device has identified the media device, wherein the client device is associated with a registration identifier maintained by the server.