# US 9,521,453 B2 · Multifunction multimedia device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,453 B2 - Document ID: US9521453B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/631,782 - Filed: 2009-12-04 - Published: 2011-03-17 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2009-09-14 - Assignees: TiVo Inc. - Applicants: Amir H. Gharaat; James M. Barton; Mukesh K. Patel - Inventors: Amir H. Gharaat; James M. Barton; Mukesh K. Patel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521453B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06F 16/41: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 30/0244: {Optimization} - G06Q 30/0255: {based on user history} - G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G11B 27/322: {used signal is digitally coded} - H04N 5/765: Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus - H04N 5/782: on tape - H04N 9/79: Processing of colour television signals in connection with recording - H04N 21/422: Input-only peripherals {, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices}, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] {(input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104)} - H04N 21/42201: {biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user (input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015)} - H04N 21/4415: using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} - H04N 21/442: Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk {(arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00)} - H04N 21/8358: involving watermark {(protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467)} - H04M 3/4938: {comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving, during playing of particular video content by a first media device associated with a first user, a request to post information for display on a social networking website, the information identifying the particular video content; in response to the request, sending information to the social networking website that associates the first user with the particular video content; identifying, within the social networking website, a social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; based on the playing of the particular video content by the first media device associated with the first user, adding the first user to the social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; sending a list of other media content recorded by the first media device associated with the first user for display on the social networking website, the social networking website also displaying lists of media content recorded by media devices associated with other users within the social networking group. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the other users within the social networking group are associated with devices that have recorded or played the particular video content. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the social networking website is configured to display each user associated with the social networking group on a single web page. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further comprises a fee charged to the first user for playing the particular video content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further includes one or more of: a timestamp, a place depicted in a scene of the particular video content, an object depicted in the scene, or a person in the scene. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising, responsive to input associated with the first user that selects a link for different media content from a given list of media content recorded by a given user within the social networking group, recording the different media content at the first media device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating a discussion forum for the two or more users within the social networking group, including the first user, associated with multiple devices that are synchronously playing the particular media content. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause performance of steps comprising: receiving, during playing of particular video content by a first media device associated with a first user, a request to post information for display on a social networking website, the information identifying the particular video content; in response to the request, sending information to the social networking website that associates the first user with the particular video content; identifying, within the social networking website, a social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; based on the playing of the particular video content by the first media device associated with the first user, adding the first user to the social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; sending a list of other media content recorded by the first media device associated with the first user for display on the social networking website, the social networking website also displaying lists of media content recorded by media devices associated with other users within the social networking group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the other users within the social networking group are associated with devices that have recorded or played the particular video content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, the steps further comprising: wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further comprises a fee charged to the first user for playing the particular video content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the social networking website is configured to display each user associated with the social networking group on a single web page. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further includes one or more of: a timestamp, a place depicted in a scene of the particular video content, an object depicted in the scene, or a person in the scene. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, the steps further comprising, responsive to input associated with the first user that selects a link for different media content from a given list of media content recorded by a given user within the social networking group, recording the different media content at the first media device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, the steps further comprising initiating a discussion forum for the two or more users within the social networking group, including the first user, associated with multiple devices that are synchronously playing the particular media content. ### Claim 15 An apparatus comprising: a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that receives, during playing of particular video content by a first media device associated with a first user, a request to post information for display on a social networking website, the information identifying the particular video content; a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that in response to the request, sends information to the social networking website that associates the first user with the particular video content; a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that identifies, within the social networking website, a social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that, based on the playing of the particular video content by the first media device associated with the first user, adds the first user to the social networking group that is associated with the particular video content; a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that sends a list of other media content recorded by the first media device associated with the first user for display on the social networking website, the social networking website also configured to displaying lists of media content recorded by media devices associated with other users within the social networking group. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the other users within the social networking group are associated with devices that have recorded or played the particular video content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further comprises a fee charged to the first user for playing the particular video content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the social networking website is configured to display each user associated with the social networking group on a single web page. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the information associating the first user with the particular video content further includes one or more of: a timestamp, a place depicted in a scene of the particular video content, an object depicted in the scene, or a person in the scene. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a subsystem that, responsive to input associated with the first user that selects a link for different media content from a given list of media content recorded by a given user within the social networking group, records the different media content at the first media device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a subsystem that initiates a discussion forum for the two or more users within the social networking group, including the first user, associated with multiple devices that are synchronously playing the particular media content.