Patent ID: 9510047
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G11B,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for automatically performing a media action based on status of external components, the method comprising: determining a media asset is being presented on a user equipment device; storing a database that includes a plurality of entries, wherein each of the plurality of entries includes a status information field, that includes first and second status information for at least two external components, and a media action field that includes a given media action corresponding to the status information field; monitoring components external to the user equipment device to obtain status information pertaining to the components; in response to determining a change in status of a first external component, based on the monitoring, searching the plurality of entries stored in the database for a given entry for which one of the at least two external components in the status information field matches the first external component; retrieving data from the given entry that identifies a second of the at least two external components in the status information field of the given entry; receiving, from the second of the at least two external components, status information; comparing the change in status of the first external component and the status information received from the second external component to the first and second status information stored in the given entry; in response to determining that the change in status of the first external component and the status information received from the second external component match the first and second status information stored in the given entry, retrieving the given media action from the media action field of the given entry; and performing the given media action for the media asset in response to retrieving the given media action from the media action field of the given entry.