IP Library Granted Patent US 9,866,925
Granted Patent B2
US 9,866,925 · App. 15/217,978 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Relevancy improvement through targeting of information based on data gathered from a networked device associated with a security sandbox of a client device

Inventor: David Harrison (Reno, NV)
Assignee: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
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Patent No.
US 9,866,925
App. No.
15/217,978
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of a relevancy-matching server includes generating a fingerprint data using a television, matching primary data generated from the fingerprint data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor, and searching a storage for the targeted data, a reference and/or a metadata. The primary data is a content identification data and/or a content identification history. An embedded object is processed using a mobile device capable of being associated with the television. An executable environment is constrained in a security sandbox of the mobile device. A sandboxed application is executed in the executable environment. The fingerprint data from the television and/or the mobile device is processed through a content identification server. The primary data from the fingerprint data is communicated to any devices with an access to identification data of the television and/or an automatic content identification service through the content identification server.

Claims (124)

1. A method comprising:

generating a fingerprint data using a television from characteristic features of media data;

matching primary data generated from the fingerprint data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor using a relevancy-matching server;

searching a storage for at least one of the targeted data, a reference to the targeted data and a metadata of the targeted data using the relevancy-matching server,

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history;

constraining an executable environment in a security sandbox of a mobile device;

executing a sandboxed application in the executable environment of the mobile device;

associating the mobile device with the television based on:

executing a sandbox-reachable service on the television;

automatically announcing, through the television, the sandbox-reachable service to a discovery module executing at least one of: on a pairing server external to the mobile device and as part of an extension of the security sandbox executing on the mobile device;

identifying the sandbox-reachable service offered through the television based on receiving, through the discovery module, the automatic announcement to enable the sandboxed application of the mobile device reach the sandbox-reachable service by communicating an identification data of the television via the sandbox-reachable service when a shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television; and

establishing bidirectional communication between the mobile device and the television based on the sandboxed application reaching the sandbox-reachable service to render the primary data available across the sandbox-reachable service and the sandboxed application;

processing an embedded object within the sandboxed application;

executing the embedded object through the sandboxed application to cause, through the relevancy-matching server, rendering of the targeted data via the sandboxed application;

processing the fingerprint data from at least one of the television and the mobile device through a content identification server; and

communicating the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to at least one of: the identification data of the television and an identification data of an automatic content identification service of the television through the content identification server.

2. The method of claim 1 :

wherein the fingerprint data is any one of an audio fingerprint data and a video fingerprint data.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

matching, through the relevancy-matching server, the targeted data with the primary data in accordance with the relevancy-matching server searching the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of the sandboxed application, and other information associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 1 :

wherein

the identification data of the television comprises at least one of a global unique identifier (GUID), an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when the shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

5. The method of claim 1 :

wherein the embedded object comprises at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and other external media included in the sandboxed application.

6. The method of claim 1 :

wherein at least one of the embedded object and the sandboxed application is capable of bypassing at least one access control of the security sandbox through any one of the sandboxed application and the embedded object.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the mobile device to be associated w user based on a unique identifier that is unlikely to change.

8. The method of claim 1 :

wherein the primary data comprises at least one of a number of descriptive metadata associated with the content identification data, a monitored event, a geolocation, a weather information, a private Internet Protocol (IP) address, and other data stored in at least one of a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

automatically announcing, through the television, the automatic content identification service thereof to the pairing server.

10. A method comprising:

matching primary data generated from a fingerprint data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor using a relevancy-matching server;

locating in a storage at least one of the targeted data, a reference to the targeted data and a metadata of the targeted data using the relevancy-matching server;

constraining an executable environment in a security sandbox of a mobile device;

executing a sandboxed application in the executable environment capable of bypassing at least one access control of the security sandbox;

associating the mobile device with a television based on:

executing a sandbox-reachable service on the television;

automatically announcing, through the television, the sandbox-reachable service to a discovery module executing at least one of: on a pairing server external to the mobile device and as part of an extension of the security sandbox executing on the mobile device;

identifying the sandbox-reachable service offered through the television based on receiving, through the discovery module, the automatic announcement to enable the sandboxed application of the mobile device reach the sandbox-reachable service by communicating an identification data of the television via the sandbox-reachable service when a shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television; and

establishing bidirectional communication between the mobile device and the television based on the sandboxed application reaching the sandbox-reachable service to render the primary data available across the sandbox-reachable service and the sandboxed application;

processing in the sandboxed application an embedded object from the relevancy-matching server; and

executing the embedded object through the sandboxed application to cause rendering of the targeted data therethrough,

wherein at least one of the television and the mobile device generates the fingerprint data from characteristic features of media data, and

wherein

the identification data of the television comprises at least one of a GUID, an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with an automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when the shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

11. The method of claim 10 :

wherein the relevancy factor comprises at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of the sandboxed application, and other information associated with the user.

12. The method of claim 10 :

wherein the embedded object comprises at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and other external media included in the sandboxed application.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

processing the fingerprint data from the at least one of the television and the mobile device through a content identification server; and

communicating the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with access to at least one of: the identification data of the television and an identification data of the automatic content identification service of the television through the content identification server.

14. The method of claim 10 , comprising:

generating, through the relevancy-matching server, the targeted data.

15. The method of claim 11 , comprising:

associating the mobile device with the user based on a unique identifier.

16. The method of claim 10 :

wherein the primary data further includes at least one of descriptive metadata associated with a content identification data, a monitored event, a geolocation, a weather information, a private IP address, and other data stored in at least one of a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory.

17. The method of claim 10 , comprising:

automatically announcing, through the television, the automatic content identification service thereof to the pairing server.

18. A method comprising:

matching primary data generated from a fingerprint data with targeted data, based on a relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of a sandboxed application, and other information associated with the user, using a relevancy-matching server,

wherein the relevancy-matching server is communicatively coupled with a television and a mobile device through a network,

wherein the fingerprint data is any one of an audio fingerprint data and a video fingerprint data,

wherein at least one of the television and the mobile device generates the fingerprint data from characteristic features of media data, and

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history;

looking in a data repository for at least one of the targeted data, a reference to the targeted data and a metadata of the targeted data using the relevancy-matching server;

constraining an executable environment in a security sandbox of the mobile device;

executing the sandboxed application in the executable environment of the mobile device;

associating the mobile device with the television based on:

executing a sandbox-reachable service on the television;

automatically announcing, through the television, the sandbox-reachable service to a disc module executing at least one of: on a pairing server external to the mobile device and as part of an extension of the security sandbox executing on the mobile device;

identifying the sandbox-reachable service offered through the television based on receiving, through the discovery module, the automatic announcement to enable the sandboxed application of the mobile device reach the sandbox-reachable service by communicating an identification data of the television via the sandbox-reachable service when a shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television; and

establishing bidirectional communication between the mobile device and the television based on the sandboxed application reaching the sandbox-reachable service to render the primary data available across the sandbox-reachable service and the sandboxed application;

processing in the sandboxed application an embedded object from the relevancy-matching server; and

executing the embedded object through the sandboxed application to cause rendering of the targeted data therethrough,

wherein at least one of the embedded object and the sandboxed application of the mobile device is capable of bypassing at least one access control of the security sandbox of the mobile device through any one of the sandboxed application and the embedded object.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

matching the targeted data with the primary data in accordance with the relevancy-matching server looking in the data repository for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor,

wherein

the identification data of the television comprises at least one of a GUID, an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with an automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when the shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

20. The method of claim 18 :

wherein the embedded object comprises at least one of a script, an image, player, an iframe, and other external media included in the sandboxed application.

21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

processing the fingerprint data from the at least one of the television and the mobile device through a content identification server; and

communicating the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to at least one of: the identification data of the television and an identification data of the automatic content identification service of the television through the content identification server.

22. The method of claim 18 , comprising:

causing, through the relevancy-matching server, the rendering of the targeted data to the user through the sandboxed application of the mobile device.

23. The method of claim 18 :

wherein the primary data comprises at least one of a number of descriptive metadata associated with the content identification data, a monitored event, a geolocation, a weather information, a private IP address, and other data stored in at least one of a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory.

24. The method of claim 18 , comprising:

generating, through the relevancy-matching server, the targeted data.

25. A method comprising:

generating fingerprint data from at least one of a television and a mobile device from characteristic features of media data;

matching primary data generated from the fingerprint data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor using a relevancy-matching server;

searching a storage for at least one of the targeted data, a reference to the targeted data and a metadata of the targeted data using the relevancy-matching server,

wherein the primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history, and

wherein the fingerprint data is any one of an audio fingerprint data and a video fingerprint data;

matching the targeted data with the primary data in accordance with the relevancy-matching server searching the storage for at least one of a matching item and a related item based on the relevancy factor comprising at least one of a category of the primary data, a behavioral history of a user, a category of a sandboxed application, and other information associated with the user;

constraining an executable environment in a security sandbox of the mobile device;

executing the sandboxed application in the executable environment of the mobile device;

associating the mobile device with the television based on:

executing a sandbox-reachable service on the television;

automatically announcing, through the television, the sandbox-reachable service to a discovery module executing at least one of: on a pairing server external to the mobile device and as part of an extension of the security sandbox executing on the mobile device;

identifying the sandbox-reachable service offered through the television based on receiving, through the discovery module, the automatic announcement to enable the sandboxed application of the mobile device reach the sandbox-reachable service by communicating an identification data of the television via the sandbox-reachable service when a shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television; and

establishing bidirectional communication between the mobile device and the television based on the sandboxed application reaching the sandbox-reachable service to render the primary data available across the sandbox-reachable service and the sandboxed application;

processing in the sandboxed application an embedded object from the relevancy-matching server; and

executing the embedded object through the sandboxed application to cause rendering of the targeted data therethrough,

wherein at least one of the embedded object and the sandboxed application of the mobile device is capable of bypassing at least one access control of the security sandbox of the mobile device through any one of the sandboxed application and the embedded object.

26. The method of claim 25 :

wherein

the identification data of the television comprises at least one of a GUID, an alphanumeric name, a hardware address associated with the television, a public address associated with an automatic content identification service of the television, and a private address associated with the automatic content identification service of the television when the shared computer network is determined to be commonly associated with the mobile device and the television.

27. The method of claim 25 :

wherein the embedded object comprises at least one of a script, an image, a player, an iframe, and other external media included in the sandboxed application.

28. The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

processing the fingerprint data from the at least one of the television and the mobile device through a content identification server; and

communicating the primary data from the fingerprint data to any of a number of devices with an access to at least one of: the identification data of the television and an identification data of an automatic content identification service of the television through the content identification server.

29. The method of claim 25 , comprising:

causing, through the relevancy-matching server, the rendering of the targeted data to the user through the sandboxed application of the mobile device.

30. The method of claim 25 , comprising:

determining the mobile device to be associated with the user based on a unique identifier that is likely to change.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2025
From: SAMBA TV, INC.
To: HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FINANCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073562/0068 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: FPP FINANCE LLC
To: SAMBA TV, INC., PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
Reel/Frame 072515/0816 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
To: SAMBA TV, INC.
Reel/Frame 066342/0506 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2020
From: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
To: FPP FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 051478/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2017
From: HARRISON, DAVID
To: FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP.
Reel/Frame 044077/0549 →
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