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Providing additional information related to earmarks

  • US 8,751,475 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2007
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a portable media device, a method comprising:

  • determining that a content consumer has created a mark during a playback of an instance of media, the mark being separate from the instance of media and including an identifier for the instance of media and a time reference that indicates a point during the playback of the instance of media at which the mark was created;

    ascertaining a sequence of the instance of media that corresponds to the time reference and an identifier for the sequence, the instance of media including multiple sequences;

    retrieving, using the identifier for the sequence, metadata that is particular to the sequence, the metadata including one or more keywords that are particular to at least one of a visual aspect or an audible aspect of content included in the sequence;

    using the retrieved metadata to obtain additional information related to the sequence, said using including communicating the one or more keywords to an external search engine; and

    causing the additional information to be output via the portable media device, said causing including causing at least a portion of a search result received from the search engine to be output via the portable device.

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