Patent ID: 8990104
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for providing information to a handset based on primary media content displayed on a separate media player, comprising: presenting, by the separate media player, primary media content received from a media provider over a first channel; presenting, by a media component stored in a non-transitory memory of the handset and executed by a processor of the handset, auxiliary media content received from the media provider over a second channel, wherein the auxiliary media content is related to the primary media content and comprises at least some of the primary media content presented by the separate media player during a time period, and wherein the separate media player and the handset are different types of devices; receiving, by the media component, a selected portion of the auxiliary media content, wherein the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is a portion of the at least some of the primary media content presented by the separate media player during the time period; determining, by the media component, whether the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is associated with a metatag of the auxiliary media content; responsive to a determination that the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is associated with the metatag of the auxiliary media content: responsive to a determination that the selected portion of the auxiliary media content is not associated with the metatag of the auxiliary media content: displaying the received at least one item of information via a user interface of the handset, wherein the received at least one item of information comprises a link that provides access to at least one of a commercially available product and a commercially available service related to the selected portion of the auxiliary media content.