US 11,785,303 B2
Automation and recommendation based on device control protocols
Kenneth Mixter, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Marci Meingast, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jennifer Yick, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,688.
Application 17/962,688 is a continuation of application No. 16/903,606, filed on Jun. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,503,372.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036078 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4668 (2013.01) [H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a computing device from a connected electronic device, HDMI-CEC device control data, wherein:
the connected electronic device is connected to an electronic display device over an HDMI connection, and
the HDMI-CEC device control data is based on an HDMI-CEC device control signal sent from the electronic display device to the connected electronic device indicating that the electronic display device has been turned on;
determining, by the computing device, based on the HDMI-CEC device control data, whether to reroute, to the electronic display device, electronic communications intended for a user computing device within a same environment as the electronic display device;
generating, by the computing device based on the determining, a control signal to reroute the electronic communications to the electronic display device from the user computing; and
sending, by the computing device, the control signal to the user computing device.