Granted Patent B2

US 12,445,668 · App. 18/600,225 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Inventors: Saleh Altayyar (Modesto, CA); Sourav Basu (Fremont, CA)

Assignee: GOOGLE LLC

H04N21/25891H04N21/2542H04N21/25883H04N21/26258H04N21/2668

Abstract

Claims (69)

1. A method comprising:

presenting, by a television application executing on a network-connected television device, content-based media recommendations in a user interface on the network-connected television device;

receiving, by the television application, a selection of a media content item from the content-based media recommendations presented in the user interface, the selection initiating a playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

handling, by the television application, a playback of the media content item collaboratively by a media player application associated with a media content source for the media content item and a local content casting application configured to playback the media content item from the media content source in a restricted mode, the handling comprising:

determining that the playback be performed in the restricted mode;

determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application; and

based on determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application, requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the method further comprises determining that the user interface provides the restricted mode; and

wherein requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device comprises requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item in the user interface.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

in response to a user request to stop playback of the media content item:

aborting the playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

presenting the content-based media recommendations in the user interface on the network-connected television device.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein handling the playback of the media content item collaboratively by the media player application and the local content casting application further comprises:

determining that the user interface does not provide the restricted mode;

determining that the playback of the media content item be performed in a non-restricted mode; and

based on determining that the playback be performed in the non-restricted mode, requesting that the media player application play the media content item on the network-connected television device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local content casting application includes a receiver module corresponding to the media content source associated with the media player application.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the local content casting application obtains the media content item from the receiver module.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the television application is communicatively interfaced to a server-side television application included in a server system that hosts a virtual user domain that includes a user account associated with a user of the television application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor of a network-connected television device cause the at least one processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

presenting, by a television application, content-based media recommendations in a user interface on the network-connected television device;

receiving, by the television application, a selection of a media content item from the content-based media recommendations presented in the user interface, the selection initiating a playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

handling, by the television application, a playback of the media content item collaboratively by a media player application associated with a media content source for the media content item and a local content casting application configured to playback the media content item from the media content source in a restricted mode, the handling comprising:

determining that the playback be performed in the restricted mode;

determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application; and

based on determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application, requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 ,

wherein the operations further comprise determining that the user interface provides the restricted mode; and

wherein requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device comprises requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item in the user interface.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to a user request to stop playback of the media content item:

aborting the playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

presenting the content-based media recommendations in the user interface on the network-connected television device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 ,

wherein handling the playback of the media content item collaboratively by the media player application and the local content casting application further comprises:

determining that the user interface does not provide the restricted mode;

determining that the playback of the media content item be performed in a non-restricted mode; and

based on determining that the playback be performed in the non-restricted mode, requesting that the media player application play the media content item on the network-connected television device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the local content casting application includes a receiver module corresponding to the media content source associated with the media player application.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the local content casting application obtains the media content item from the receiver module.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the television application is communicatively interfaced to a server-side television application included in a server system that hosts a virtual user domain that includes a user account associated with a user of the television application.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause a television application to:

present content-based media recommendations in a user interface on a network-connected television device;

receive a selection of a media content item from the content-based media recommendations presented in the user interface, the selection initiating a playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

handle a playback of the media content item collaboratively by a media player application associated with a media content source for the media content item and a local content casting application configured to playback the media content item from the media content source in a restricted mode, the handling comprising:

determining that the playback be performed in the restricted mode;

determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application; and

based on determining that the restricted mode is not supported by the media player application, requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device.

16. The system of claim 15 ,

wherein the instructions that when executed by the at least one processor further cause the television application to determine that the user interface provides the restricted mode; and

wherein requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item on the network-connected television device comprises requesting that the local content casting application playback the media content item in the user interface.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions that when executed by the at least one processor further cause the television application to:

in response to a user request to stop playback of the media content item:

abort the playback of the media content item on the network-connected television device; and

present the content-based media recommendations in the user interface on the network-connected television device.

18. The system of claim 16 ,

wherein handling the playback of the media content item collaboratively by the media player application and the local content casting application further comprises:

determining that the user interface does not provide the restricted mode;

determining that the playback of the media content item be performed in a non-restricted mode; and

based on determining that the playback be performed in the non-restricted mode, requesting that the media player application play the media content item on the network-connected television device.

19. The system of claim 15 ,

wherein the local content casting application includes a receiver module corresponding to the media content source associated with the media player application; and

wherein the local content casting application obtains the media content item from the receiver module.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the television application is communicatively interfaced to a server-side television application included in a server system that hosts a virtual user domain that includes a user account associated with a user of the television application.

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