Providing context information relating to media content that is being presented

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a first device, a context message associated with content being displayed on a display device separate from the first device;
• and
• responsive to user interaction with the context message at the first device:
• creating an item for an application program of the first device;
• populating the application program item with data from the context message;
• and
• storing the application program item as part of a data structure of the application program.

An electronic device, the device including:

• a receiver;
• and
• a processor configured to execute program instructions to:
• receive a context message associated with content being displayed on a display device separate from the electronic device;
• and
• responsive to user interaction with the context message at the electronic device:
• create an item for an application program of the electronic device;
• populate data fields of the application program item from data of the context message;
• and
• store the application program item as part of the data structure of the application program.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having program instructions, which when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a first device, a context message associated with content being displayed on a display device separate from the first device;
• and
• responsive to user interaction with the context message at the first device:
• creating an item for an application program of the first device;
• populating data fields of the application program item from data of the context message;
• and
• storing the application program item as part of the data structure of the application program.