# US 9,521,468 B2 · Methods and apparatus to present supplemental media on a second screen > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,468 B2 - Document ID: US9521468B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/628,535 - Filed: 2015-02-23 - Published: 2015-06-18 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-14 - Assignees: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Applicants: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Inventors: Padmanabhan Soundararajan; Venugopal Srinivasan; Alexander Topchy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521468B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/6587: Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection - G06Q 30/00: Commerce - G06Q 30/0241: Advertisements - H04N 21/4122: {additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - H04N 21/4367: Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card - H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)} - H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - 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 ## Abstract Methods and apparatus to present supplemental media on a second screen are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a connection between a digital media device and a computing device based on information identifying the computing device and, in response to establishing the connection, enabling the digital media device to skip a first type of media during a time-shifted presentation of media. The skipping is responsive to a command from a remote control device different than the computing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: during a time-shifted presentation of media on a digital media device and prior to establishing a connection between the digital media device and a computing device, disabling skipping of a first type of media by the digital media device; establishing the connection between the digital media device and the computing device based on information identifying the computing device; and in response to establishing the connection, enabling the digital media device to skip the first type of media during the time-shifted presentation of media, the skipping being responsive to a command from a remote control device different than the computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as defined in claim 1, further including, in response to receiving a skip request while skipping is disabled at the digital media device, suppressing the skip request and displaying a notification of skip suppression via a presentation device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as defined in claim 1, further including registering the computing device in response to receiving a request from the computing device including the information identifying the computing device and a security code. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method as defined in claim 3, further including presenting the security code via a presentation device prior to receiving the request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the computing device includes a mobile device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first type of media is an advertisement. ### Claim 7 A digital media device, comprising: a command interface to receive a command signal from a remote control; a secondary device register to receive, via a network, a connection request from a computing device different than the remote control, the connection request including information identifying the computing device; and a skip enabler to: prior to a connection being established between the digital media device and the computing device, disable the digital media device from skipping a first type of media; and in response to the secondary device register receiving the connection request, enable the digital media device to skip the first type of media during a time-shifted presentation of media responsive to the command interface receiving the command signal from the remote control. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The digital media device as defined in claim 7, wherein the skip enabler is to disable skipping of the first type of media by the digital media device in response to determining that no computing devices are registered at the secondary device register. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The digital media device as defined in claim 7, further including a secondary device initiator to, in response to receiving a skip request while skipping is disabled, suppress the skip request and display a notification of skip suppression via a presentation device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The digital media device as defined in claim 7, wherein the secondary device register is to register the computing device in response to receiving the connection request from the computing device, the connection request including the information identifying the computing device and a security code. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The digital media device as defined in claim 7, wherein the computing device is a mobile device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The digital media device as defined in claim 7, wherein the first type of media is an advertisement. ### Claim 13 A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor of a digital media device to at least: during a time-shifted presentation of media on a digital media device and prior to establishing a connection between the digital media device and a computing device, disable skipping of a first type of media by the digital media device; establish the connection with the computing device based on information identifying the computing device; and in response to establishing the connection, enable skipping of the first type of media during the time-shifted presentation of media, the skipping being responsive to a command from a remote control device different than the computing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a skip request while skipping is disabled at the digital media device, suppress the skip request and display a notification of skip suppression via a presentation device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to register the computing device in response to receiving a request from the computing device including the information identifying the computing device and a security code. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to present the security code via a presentation device prior to receiving the connection request. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the computing device is a mobile device.