Patent ID: 8516533
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A second screen method comprising: sensing audio information originating from a television system indicative of a first item of video content, namely a television program being presented to a user by the television system, said sensing employing a microphone of a user's phone; responsive to said sensed information, receiving related information sourced from a database; based at least in part on the related information sourced from the database, identifying, on a screen of said phone for user selection, one or more second items of content that are related to said television program and are available to the user for free, at least one of said second items of content being selected by a provider of the television program to be identified as one of said second items of content; identifying, on the phone screen, one or more third items related to said television program that are available to the user for purchasing; identifying, on the phone screen, one or more further items of video content that were selected for viewing by social network friends of the user; and displaying, on the phone screen, an item selected by the user from the: (a) one or more second items of content; (b) one or more third items; or (c) one or more further items of video content; reporting co-consumption information, enabling a recipient of the co-consumption information to analyze behavior of an audience for said television program, the co-consumption information indicating an item of the second, third or further items selected by the user for viewing on the phone screen while said television program is being presented to the user by the television system.