Patent ID: 8793747

Claim:
An apparatus for enabling feedback from a recipient of digital media content, the apparatus comprising: a receiver operable to receive a content data stream containing media content and embedded Meta-Data; a decoder operable in a first mode to decode the content data stream to extract the media content and the Meta-Data and to pass a playback signal to a content playback device of the content recipient; a control device interface operable to receive a signal from a control device of the content recipient; and a network interface operable to provide feedback by accessing a network in accordance with the Meta-Data and the signal from the control device of the content recipient, where the embedded Meta-Data is time-synchronized with the media content, and where, upon receipt of the signal from the control device of the recipient, the decoder is operable in a second mode in which playback is paused and a user interface related to the media content is displayed on the content playback device to enable interaction between the control device of the content recipient and the control device interface.