Patent Document ID: 9609391
Application ID: 15005470

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing information relating to media content, the method comprising: causing, using a hardware processor, a plurality of images to be presented on a mobile device, wherein the plurality of images relate to media content being presented on a media presentation device; receiving, using the hardware processor, a user selection of an image from the plurality of images; causing, using the hardware processor, a plurality of question terms to be presented in response to receiving the user selection of the image from the plurality of images; receiving, using the hardware processor, a user selection of a question term from the plurality of question terms, where the user selection of the question term indicates an entity type that is to be identified from the user-selected image; in response to receiving the user selection of the question term, identifying, using the hardware processor, an entity of the indicated entity type within the image using one or more image recognition techniques; generating, using the hardware processor, a search query based at least in part on the identified entity; obtaining, using the hardware processor, a plurality of search results responsive to the generated search query; and causing, using the hardware processor, at least a portion of the plurality of search results to be presented in response to receiving the user selection of the image.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining channel information corresponding to the media content being presented on the media presentation device, wherein the plurality of images are selected based on the channel information and timing information.