Patent ID: 9113218
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a viewer interface system that plays media programs, at least first identification data that identifies a first input device and second identification data that identifies a second input device; receiving a command signal at different times from different devices, the different devices including at least the first input device and the second input device, the command signal corresponding to a single button, the command signal specifying a preference for or against a media program that is being displayed when the command signal is received; associating, at the viewer interface system, preference data with input devices, the preference data including at least first preference data that is associated with the first identification data and second preference data that is associated with the second identification data; responding to reception of the command signal at a given time differently depending on which identification data is received with the command signal, a given media program being displayed at the given time, the responding comprising, when the first identification data is received with the command signal, storing a preference for or against the given media program in the first preference data, and when the second identification data is received with the command signal, storing a preference for or against the given media program in the second preference data.