Meta Platforms, Inc.
Deep linking to media-player devices

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at an interface of a client system of a user of an online social network, a user input selecting a deep link. The deep link may include instructions for accessing a media-content item via a media-player device. The deep link may be selected by the user from a notification from the online social network referencing the media-content item. The media-player device may be proximate to the client system. In response to the selection of the deep link, instructions for accessing the selected media-content item via the media-player device may be sent from the client system to the media-player device.