Patent ID: 8060631

Claim:
A method for use in playing back content, comprising: accessing, at a playback device, a content package stored on a portable storage medium that is removably accessed on a playback device, where 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 connection can be established; determining, when it is determined that the remote secondary device is available, whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establishing, when it is determined that the authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed, a communication connection; determining, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; 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; identifying, as instructed by the content package and when the communication connection is established, supplemental content to be forwarded to the secondary device; 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; receiving, at the playback device and from the secondary device, a first textual content originally generated from the secondary device; displaying the first textual content as dictated by the content package, through the playback device while playing back the media content; receiving, at the playback device and from the secondary device, second textual content originally generated from an alternative device communicating with the secondary device; and displaying the second textual content as dictated by the content package, through the playback device while playing back the media content.