Meta Platforms, Inc.
Authenticating users to media-player devices on online social networks

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes an online social networking system generating an authentication key in response to a request from a media-player device. The media-device player broadcasts the authentication key, which is received by a client system of a user of the online social network that is within range of the broadcast. The user is logged into the online social network via an application running on the client system. The application verifies the authentication key with the online social networking system. Location information of the client system and social-networking information of the user are sent by the application to the media-player device in response to the authentication key being verified. The user may be registered as an owner of the media-player device or a guest user of the media-player device.