Patent ID: 8369249

Claim:
A first communication device, comprising: a display; a memory; a wireless transmitter; and a controller coupled to the display and the wireless transmitter, wherein the memory stores computer instructions, and wherein responsive to executing the computer instructions the controller performs operations comprising: associating a communication identifier with a directive to mitigate interrupting a presentation of media content caused by a communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device; recording the association in an address book; detecting a media device external to the first communication device actively engaged in presenting the media content; receiving from the media device metadata descriptive of the presentation of the media content; detecting an incoming communication session initiated by the second communication device; detecting the communication identifier associated with the incoming communication session; detecting the directive from the recorded association of the communication identifier and the directive; and wirelessly transmitting from the first communication device to the media device an instruction to modify the presentation of the media content as described by the metadata according to the directive responsive to detecting establishment of the communication session between the first and second communication devices.