Systems And Methods For Enabling Sharing Between Devices

Abstract

A method includes sending a message from a media device to a mobile device, the message including set-up information related to a communication session. The method includes facilitating establishment of a wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device in response to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device. The selectable link is based on the set-up information. The method includes exchanging data with the mobile device via the wireless peer-to-peer communication session. The method also includes sending, from the media device to a display device coupled to the media device, a first display based on the data. The mobile device sends a second display based on the data to a mobile device display of the mobile device, where the first display is different than the second display.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a media device, an identifier associated with a mobile device via a prompt at a first display device of the media device;   sending, by the media device, a message to the mobile device associated with the identifier over a first network, wherein the message includes set-up information for a wireless peer-to-peer communication session over a second network, wherein the first network and the second network are different networks, and wherein the second network is a personal area network of the mobile device;   transmitting, by the media device, data to the mobile device via the wireless peer-to-peer communication session over the second network; and   receiving, by the media device, first information from an application server, wherein the mobile device receives second information from the application server, and wherein the application server coordinates media output of the first information at the first display device of the media device and the second information at a second display of the mobile device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the media device, the prompt at the first display device requesting the identifier associated with the mobile device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising facilitating, by the media device, establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device over the second network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the facilitating the establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session is responsive to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the selectable link is based on the set-up information. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising presenting, by the media device, the first information at the first display device coupled to the media device according to the data. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the mobile device presents the second information at the second display of the mobile device according to the data. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set-up information enables the mobile device to connect to an application programming interface associated with an application executing at the media device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first information does not include information presented in the second information, and wherein the second information is associated with a user of the mobile device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sending the message to the mobile device is performed responsive to the media device executing a particular program. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising presenting, by the media device, a catalog of content at the first display device, wherein the message is further based on a content item selected from the catalog of content. 
     
     
         11 . A media device comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 receiving an identifier associated with a mobile device; 
 sending a message to the mobile device associated with the identifier over a first network, wherein the message includes set-up information for a wireless peer-to-peer communication session over a second network, wherein the first network and the second network are different networks, and wherein the second network is a personal area network of the mobile device; 
 transmitting data to the mobile device via the wireless peer-to-peer communication session over the second network; and 
 receiving first information from an application server, wherein the mobile device receives second information from the application server, and wherein the application server coordinates media output of the first information at a first display device of the media device and the second information at a second display of the mobile device. 
   
     
     
         12 . The media device of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating a prompt at the first display device requesting the identifier associated with the mobile device; and   receiving the identifier associated with the mobile device via the prompt at the first display device of the media device.   
     
     
         13 . The media device of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device over the second network. 
     
     
         14 . The media device of  claim 13 , wherein the facilitating the establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session is responsive to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device, and wherein the selectable link is based on the set-up information. 
     
     
         15 . The media device of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise presenting the first information at the first display device coupled to the media device according to the data, wherein the mobile device presents the second information at the second display of the mobile device according to the data. 
     
     
         16 . The media device of  claim 11 , wherein the set-up information enables the mobile device to connect to an application programming interface associated with an application executing at the media device. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 receiving an identifier associated with a mobile device;   sending a message to the mobile device associated with the identifier over a first network, wherein the message includes set-up information for a wireless peer-to-peer communication session over a second network, and wherein the second network is a personal area network of the mobile device;   transmitting data to the mobile device via the wireless peer-to-peer communication session over the second network; and   receiving first information from an application server, wherein the mobile device receives second information from the application server, and wherein the application server coordinates media output of the first information at a first display device of a media device and the second information at a second display of the mobile device.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session with the mobile device over the second network, wherein the facilitating the establishment of the wireless peer-to-peer communication session is responsive to a selection of a selectable link at the mobile device. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the first network and the second network are different networks. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise presenting the first information at the first display device coupled to the media device according to the data, and wherein the mobile device presents the second information at the second display of the mobile device according to the data.