Patent ID: 9167306
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request from a portable communication device for an identity of a media program that is presented by the system; transmitting, by the system, the identity of the media program to the portable communication device, for forwarding to a remote server; receiving, by the system, a functional command from the portable communication device according to information that is received by the portable communication device from the remote server, wherein the information is related to a performer that is recognized by the remote server as visually present in the media program by way of comparing a frame of a live media feed associated with the media program to an image of the performer associated with the media program; and performing, by the system, the functional command that is received from the portable communication device.