Patent ID: 11910065
Assignee: TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a multimedia device, a request associated with content being displayed on the multimedia device for the multimedia device to send a user's contact information, wherein the request for the multimedia device to send the user's contact information comprises an information code specifying which subset of the user's contact information is to be transmitted;
generating for display a prompt associated with the information code requesting permission from the user to send the user's contact information; and
in response to receiving input granting permission that is responsive to the prompt:
identifying in storage of the multimedia device the subset of the user's contact information specified by the information code; and
causing the subset of the user's contact information specified by the information code to be retrieved from the storage of the multimedia device and to be sent to an external device.