Patent ID: 9749685
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: presenting a graphical artifact on a portion of a display concurrently with presentation of a video portion of a media content event, wherein the graphical artifact has machine readable data encoded thereon using a plurality of data marks; identifying, in a pre-capture image captured by a portable media device provisioned with an image capture device, the display that is shown in a field of view of the image capture device; automatically performing a zooming operation with the image capture device; capturing, using the portable media device provisioned with the image capture device, at least one image that includes the display that is presenting the graphical artifact wherein at least a size of the display is enlarged in the image captured by the portable media device as a result of the automatic zoom operation; identifying the graphical artifact in the captured at least one image; determining the machine readable data based on the identified graphical artifact; and operating the portable media device to perform at least one operation based on the determined machine readable data.