Actionable contents of interest

An automated system for creating a media consumer-personalized database table of selectable actions related to media content of interest to a media consumer that is being displayed on a media device, and using the database table of selectable actions to initiate an action, wherein a media content database maintains (i) an identifier of media content that is broadcast or streamed to a plurality of media devices, and (ii) metadata associated with the media content, the system comprising:

• (a) program code in the media device configured to record an indication of media content of interest to the media consumer via a pre-designated input received by the media device from a user input device when the media content of interest is being displayed;
• (b) a fingerprint processor configured to create a fingerprint for a segment of each indicated media content of interest;
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• (c) a remote server that is in electronic communication with the media content database, the remote server configured to:
• (i) perform automated content recognition (ACR) on the fingerprints, the remote server thereby identifying the media content for each of the media consumer's indicated media content of interest by its respective identifier, and
• (ii) populate the database table of selectable actions with at least the following items for each indicated media content of interest:
• (A) the metadata associated with the media content of interest, and
• (B) selectable actions that can be taken using the metadata related to the media content of interest, wherein the selectable actions are based on the metadata related to the media content of interest, thereby allowing different selectable actions to be taken for different media content of interest, and
• wherein the database table of selectable actions is populated with the metadata and associated selectable actions for a plurality of different media content of interest,
• the program code in the media device being further configured to:
• (i) display, in a single display screen, on the media device, the populated database table of selectable actions for the plurality of different media content of interest, wherein the single display screen shows the plurality of different media content of interest, and their respective selectable actions,
• (ii) initiate at least one of the selectable actions upon receipt by the media consumer or another entity of a request to take one of the selectable actions,
• wherein at least some of the selectable actions require the media device to electronically communicate with an entity external to the media device to perform the selectable actions, and
• wherein the display of the populated database table of selectable actions and the initiation of at least one of the selectable actions occur at a later point in time than when the media content of interest to the media consumer is being displayed.