Patent ID: 8863202

Claim:
A method of performing a function relating to media content for playback on a content playback device using a second display device, comprising: i. establishing a session between a proxy server and a second display device, the session associated with a user account, the second display device further having at least one content playback device associated therewith, wherein an authentication process at the proxy server associates at least one content playback device with the second display device, and wherein the second display device is configured to control content playback on the at least one content playback device through the proxy server, which presents to one or more service providers an authentication credential of the content playback device; ii. receiving audio data at a server, the audio data indicating at least a portion of a function to be performed by the server; iii. converting the audio data to textual data; iv. using the textual data to perform the function; and v. transmitting a set of results of the performing of the function to the second display device or to the content playback device associated with the second display device.