Patent ID: 9197945
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating user and time-based content interaction upon user instruction, comprising: (a) using a content receiver to receive time-based content from a source of time-based content; (b) carrying out an analysis of the time-based content received by the content receiver as the content is received as content blocks, the analysis comprising (c) receiving user sampling data from a user device upon user instruction, wherein the device is capable of receiving time-based content from the source of time-based content substantially simultaneously to when the time-based content is received; (d) determining, without relying on watermark matching, whether a match exists between the sampling data received by the sampling data receiver and the time-based content received by the content receiver; and (e) transmitting information relating to the sampling data to the user device according to whether a match is determined in step (d) in a manner such that the information is received by the user device within 8 seconds of when step (c) begins, wherein the information transmitted during step (e) comprises the at least one cue generated in step (b), the cue being associated with time-based content received in step (a) that precedes when user instruction is given to receive user sampling data during step (c).