Patent ID: 8880714

Claim:
A method for use in playing back content, comprising: accessing, at a playback device configured to playback multimedia content stored on a portable medium, a content package stored on a portable storage medium that is removably accessed on the playback device, wherein the content package comprises media content to be locally played back through the playback device; detecting, at the playback device and as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a communication connection can be established; determining, when it is determined that the remote secondary device is available, whether an authorization to establish the communication connection has been confirmed; establishing, when it is determined that the authorization to establish the communication connection has been confirmed, the communication connection with the secondary device; determining, as instructed by the content package and when the communication connection with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implementing, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content through the playback device; identifying, as instructed by the content package and when the communication connection is established, supplemental content to be forwarded to the secondary device; and transferring, as instructed by the content package and when there is supplemental content to be forwarded to the secondary device, the supplemental content over the established communication connection; wherein the identifying the supplemental content comprises identifying supplemental content that is exclusively to be played back by the secondary device and that is not to be played back locally.