A serverless subscription service and method for a subscription service which verifies subscription statuses of devices across multiple platforms and aggregates event data from those multiple platforms into normalized, multi-format event data. An exemplary serverless subscription service can issue a notification that a live video streaming event is beginning, then initiate streaming of the live video streaming event to user devices, where the resolution of the live video depends on if the user is a subscriber. The subscription service can also receive, during the live video streaming event, event data from the user device, where the event data has characteristics specific to the platforms of the devices. The subscription service can then aggregate the event data across the multiple platforms to form multi-format event streaming data.

When a user accesses an advertisement site by a browser unit and requests transmission of the advertisement moving image, an advertisement server requests the user to connect an electronic money card to a reader/writer. The advertisement server can communicate with the electronic money card via the browser unit. Thus, the advertisement server reads an electronic money functional unit ID which is ID information of the electronic money card from the electronic money card to store it therein, and further transmits to the user terminal moving image data of the advertisement moving image stored in the advertisement moving image database. While the user terminal is reproducing the advertisement moving image, the advertisement server accesses the electronic money card through the browser unit for every given interval, and confirms that the electronic money card is connected to the reader/writer.

When a user accesses an advertisement site by a browser unit and requests transmission of the advertisement moving image, an advertisement server requests the user to connect an electronic money card to a reader/writer. The advertisement server can communicate with the electronic money card via the browser unit. Thus, the advertisement server reads an electronic money functional unit ID which is ID information of the electronic money card from the electronic money card to store it therein, and further transmits to the user terminal moving image data of the advertisement moving image stored in the advertisement moving image database. While the user terminal is reproducing the advertisement moving image, the advertisement server accesses the electronic money card through the browser unit for every given interval, and confirms that the electronic money card is connected to the reader/writer.

Mechanisms for presenting media content items using multiple devices are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting media content are provided that include: detecting an offer to initiate a purchase of a content item being presented using the media device, wherein the media device has not been authenticated with a content service that provides the content item; in response to detecting the offer to initiate the purchase of the content item when the media device has not been authenticated with the content service that provides the content item, causing the media device to be discoverable by one or more mobile devices that are connected to a same local area network as the media device; encoding offer data corresponding to the detected offer to initiate the purchase of the content item; in response to receiving a status request from a mobile device that is connected to the same local area network as the media device, transmitting the encoded offer data associated with the purchase of the content item to the mobile device, wherein the encoded offer data causes a payment user interface to be presented on the mobile device; receiving a cast request from the mobile device to cast the content item on the media device; and in response to the cast request, executing a receiver application on the media device that accepts the cast request from the mobile device and causes the content item to be presented using the media device.

Mechanisms for presenting media content items using multiple devices are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting media content are provided that include: detecting an offer to initiate a purchase of a content item being presented using the media device, wherein the media device has not been authenticated with a content service that provides the content item; in response to detecting the offer to initiate the purchase of the content item when the media device has not been authenticated with the content service that provides the content item, causing the media device to be discoverable by one or more mobile devices that are connected to a same local area network as the media device; encoding offer data corresponding to the detected offer to initiate the purchase of the content item; in response to receiving a status request from a mobile device that is connected to the same local area network as the media device, transmitting the encoded offer data associated with the purchase of the content item to the mobile device, wherein the encoded offer data causes a payment user interface to be presented on the mobile device; receiving a cast request from the mobile device to cast the content item on the media device; and in response to the cast request, executing a receiver application on the media device that accepts the cast request from the mobile device and causes the content item to be presented using the media device.

The present invention describes a method to select an application on a first device having an NFC interface and comprising a plurality of applications using the NFC interface, said method comprising the steps of detecting a second device having a NFC interface via the NFC interface of the first device, obtaining via the NFC interface a message comprising a message type and a service identification, determining an application type based on the message type and the service identification, selecting at least one application among the plurality of applications matching the message type and the service identification, prompting a user of the first device to accept a communication between the second device and the selected application, in case of positive answer, notifying the selected application of the message type, establishing the communication between the selected application and the second device via the NFC interface.

The present invention describes a method to select an application on a first device having an NFC interface and comprising a plurality of applications using the NFC interface, said method comprising the steps of detecting a second device having a NFC interface via the NFC interface of the first device, obtaining via the NFC interface a message comprising a message type and a service identification, determining an application type based on the message type and the service identification, selecting at least one application among the plurality of applications matching the message type and the service identification, prompting a user of the first device to accept a communication between the second device and the selected application, in case of positive answer, notifying the selected application of the message type, establishing the communication between the selected application and the second device via the NFC interface.

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, device, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled remote control for providing payment information for the media systems. An example embodiment operates by a computer-implemented method. The method includes receiving, by at least one computer processor of a media device, payment information from a remote control. The payment information is received at the remote control using an RFID reader module of the remote control. The method further includes promoting an authentication request and receiving an authentication response in response to the authentication request. The method further include transmitting the payment information to a server for further processing in response to the authentication response satisfying a condition.

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, device, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled remote control for providing payment information for the media systems. An example embodiment operates by a computer-implemented method. The method includes receiving, by at least one computer processor of a media device, payment information from a remote control. The payment information is received at the remote control using an RFID reader module of the remote control. The method further includes promoting an authentication request and receiving an authentication response in response to the authentication request. The method further include transmitting the payment information to a server for further processing in response to the authentication response satisfying a condition.

Systems and methods for authenticating and providing application access via a hotel management system are provided. A cloud management system (CMS) establishes a first connection with a hotel management system (HMS) of a hotel property and a second connection with a set top box (STB) of the hotel property. STB includes a plurality of applications accessible by a guest of the hotel property. The CMS receives, from the STB via the second connection, a request of a guest of the hotel property to purchase access to an application of the plurality of applications provided by the STB. The CMS transmits, to the HMS via the first connection a request for payment to an account of the guest at the hotel property. The CMS then transmits, responsive to receiving approval for payment from the HMS, an approval to purchase access to the application via the second connection to the STB.