Patent ID: 9084026
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of commanding a settop box (STB) as function of content control commands associated with a second screen application, the method comprising: identifying a first content control command wireless transmitted from a secondary device operating the second screen application to the STB, the first content control command commanding the STB to access a first video segment; determining one or more first program moments as a function of first metadata included with the first content control command, each of the first program moments being associated with a different one of a plurality of first additional video segments; commanding the STB to display one or more first visuals during display of the first video segment, each of the first visuals representing one of the first program moments; determining user selection of a first selected visual, the first selected visual being one of the displayed first visuals; and commanding the STB to access a second video segment, the second video segment being the one of the first additional video segments associated with the first selected visual.