Patent ID: 9628829
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of associating secondary media content with primary media content being output at a display device, the method comprising: transmitting, at a first time point, from a mobile device to a server, a notification to begin generating a plurality of media signatures included in one or more portions of secondary media content, wherein the secondary media content is related to the primary media content; receiving, at the mobile device at a second time point, first information based upon the primary media content being output at the display device by at least one of an audio input device and a visual input device of the mobile device, wherein the first information includes at least one of an audio and a visual signal; determining, at the mobile device, a data signature based at least in part on the first information; transmitting, at a third time point, a request to the server from the mobile device, for the one or more portions of secondary media content that includes the plurality of media signatures; receiving, at the mobile device, the one or more portions of secondary media content that includes the plurality of media signatures from the server in response to the request, wherein each of the plurality of media signatures spans a time between the first time point and the third time point; determining, at the mobile device, whether at least one media signature included in the one or more of the portions of the secondary media content matches one or more portions of the data signature; and taking at least one further action in response to determining that at least one media signature included in the one or more portions of the secondary media content match the one or more portions of the data signature.