Methods and systems for displaying content on multiple networked devices with a simple command

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request comprising a gesture made on a screen of the first device;

pairing the first device to the second device;

transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device;

transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon;

receiving a request to cease displaying the content on the second device;

transmitting instructions to the second device to cease the display of the content on the second device; and

transmitting the content to the first device, wherein the content is displayed on the first device in a same state as it was displayed on the second device before the display of the content on the second device was ceased.

2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a smartphone or tablet computer and the second device comprises a television.

3. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving a request further comprises receiving content from the first device along with the request; and

transmitting instructions further comprises transmitting the received content along with the instructions.

4. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein transmitting instructions comprises transmitting at least one of a destination web address or a content location.

5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving control instructions for controlling the content displayed on the second device; and

transmitting the control instructions to the second device.

6. The machine-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein receiving control instructions comprises receiving control instructions from the first device.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein receiving control instructions comprises receiving control instructions from a peripheral device coupled to the second device and the server.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the peripheral device comprises a motion capture device.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving a request comprises receiving instructions from the first device located at a first location; and

transmitting instructions comprises transmitting the instructions to the second device located at a second location that is remote from the first location.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first device and the second device are coupled to a network.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first device has geographical positioning system (GPS) capabilities and the second device is associated with a particular geographic location.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein pairing the first device to the second device comprises using geofencing to pair the first device to the second device based on a location of the first device in a vicinity of the second device.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein pairing the first device to the second device comprises generating a request for acceptance of the content.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a plurality of first devices, and receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device comprises receiving a request from one or more of the plurality of first devices.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the gesture comprises a flick gesture.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first device is directly coupled to the second device.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, on the second device, additional information related to the displayed content.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the additional information comprises online auctions for merchandise related to the content.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein displaying the additional information comprises:

parsing metadata associated with the displayed content; and

searching an internet database for the parsed metadata.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the internet database comprises an online auction database.