Systems and methods for enhanced television interaction

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a television system component, that a particular television program is being watched for a first time;
• in response to detecting that the particular television program is being watched for the first time, transmitting, by the television system component, a query signal to a secondary device requesting information regarding whether a haptic effect library associated with the particular television program is installed on the secondary device;
• after transmitting the query signal, receiving, by the television system component and from the secondary device, a signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed on the secondary device;
• in response to receiving the signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed, transmitting, by the television system component and to the secondary device, haptic effect data configured to be used by the secondary device to install the haptic effect library on the secondary device;
• monitoring, by the television system component, a content stream comprising video data and audio data associated with the particular television program;
• detecting, by the television system component, an event within the content stream;
• and
• generating and transmitting, by the television system component, a notification signal associated with the event to the secondary device, notification signal configured to cause the secondary device to use the haptic effect library to determine a haptic effect to output.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code configured to be executed by a processor of a secondary device to cause the processor to:

• receive, from a television system component, a query signal requesting information regarding whether a haptic effect library associated with a particular television program is installed on the secondary device, wherein the query signal is transmitted from the television system component in response to detecting that the particular television program is being watched for a first time;
• in response to receiving the query signal, transmit a signal to the television system component indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed on the secondary device;
• after transmitting the signal to the television system component, receive from the television system component haptic effect data configured to be used by the secondary device to install the haptic effect library on the secondary device;
• in response to receiving the haptic effect data, install the haptic effect library using the haptic effect data;
• receive a notification signal from the television system component and comprising notification information indicating an event associated with the particular television program;
• determine a haptic effect within the haptic effect library and associated with the notification information;
• and
• generate and transmit a haptic signal to a haptic output device, the haptic signal configured to cause the haptic output device to output the haptic effect.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code configured to be executed by a processor of a television system component to cause the processor to:

• detect that a particular television program is being watched for a first time;
• in response to detecting that the particular television program is being watched for the first time, transmit a query signal to a secondary device requesting information regarding whether a haptic effect library associated with the particular television program is installed on the secondary device;
• after transmitting the query signal, receive from the secondary device a signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed on the secondary device;
• in response to receiving the signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed, transmit to the secondary device haptic effect data configured to be used by the secondary device to install the haptic effect library on the secondary device;
• monitor a content stream comprising video and audio data associated with the particular television program;
• detect an event within the content stream;
• and
• generate and transmit a notification signal associated with the event to the secondary device, the notification signal configured to cause the secondary device to use the haptic effect library to determine a haptic effect to output.

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a computing device, that particular video data is being watched for a first time;
• in response to detecting that the particular video data is being watched for the first time, transmitting, by the computing device, a query signal to a secondary device requesting information regarding whether a haptic effect library associated with particular video data is installed on the secondary device;
• after transmitting the query signal, receiving, by the computing device and from the secondary device, a signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed on the secondary device;
• in response to receiving the signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed, transmitting, by the computing device and to the secondary device, haptic effect data configured to be used by the secondary device to install the haptic effect library on the secondary device;
• receiving, by the computing device, a content stream comprising the particular video data, audio data, and event data;
• monitoring, by the computing device, the content stream to detect an event associated with the event data in the content stream;
• generating, by the computing device, a haptic signal associated with the event, the haptic signal configured to cause a haptic output device to output a haptic effect included within the haptic effect library;
• and
• transmitting, by the computing device, the haptic signal to the secondary device, the haptic signal configured to cause the secondary device to output the haptic effect.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code configured to be executed by a processor of a computing device to cause the processor to:

• detect that particular video data is being watched for a first time;
• in response to detecting that the particular video data is being watched for the first time, transmit a query signal to a secondary device requesting information regarding whether a haptic effect library associated with particular video data is installed on the secondary device;
• after transmitting the query signal, receive, from the secondary device, a signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed;
• in response to receiving the signal indicating that the haptic effect library is not installed, transmit, to the secondary device, haptic effect data configured to be used by the secondary device to install the haptic effect library on the secondary device;
• receive a content stream comprising the particular video data, audio data, and event data;
• monitor the content stream to detect an event associated with the event data in the content stream;
• generate a haptic signal associated with the event, the haptic signal configured to cause a haptic output device to output a haptic effect included within the haptic effect library;
• and
• transmit the haptic signal to the secondary device, the haptic signal configured to cause the secondary device to output the haptic effect.