Patent ID: 9479831
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: playing back multimedia content on a multimedia playback device, including providing at least some of the multimedia content on a display associated with the multimedia playback device; determining, by a processor of the multimedia playback device, a trigger fingerprint from a segment of the multimedia content being played back on the multimedia playback device; accessing a plurality of reference fingerprints, each reference fingerprint among the plurality of reference fingerprints having been previously derived from a respective segment of the multimedia content and associated with at least one corresponding reference action; obtaining a match between the trigger fingerprint and a particular reference fingerprint among the plurality of reference fingerprints; identifying a particular corresponding reference action associated with the particular reference fingerprint, the particular corresponding reference action being associated with a time point indicating when, in the multimedia content, the particular corresponding reference action is to be performed; and performing, by the processor of the multimedia playback device, the particular corresponding reference action, wherein performance of the particular reference action causes the multimedia playback device to provide, on the display associated with the multimedia playback device, information related to the segment of the multimedia content.