Multifunction Multimedia Device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- playing media content, wherein the media content comprises an advertisement portion and a non-advertisement portion;
deriving one or more fingerprints from at least a portion of the media content being played;
determining that the one or more fingerprints are associated with the advertisement portion of the media content;
wherein the method is performed by a device comprising a processor.
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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.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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playing media content, wherein the media content comprises an advertisement portion and a non-advertisement portion; deriving one or more fingerprints from at least a portion of the media content being played; determining that the one or more fingerprints are associated with the advertisement portion of the media content; wherein the method is performed by a device comprising a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause performance of the steps comprising:
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playing media content, wherein the media content comprises an advertisement portion and a non-advertisement portion; deriving one or more fingerprints from at least a portion of the media content being played; determining that the one or more fingerprints are associated with the advertisement portion of the media content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; a subsystem configured to perform steps comprising; playing media content, wherein the media content comprises an advertisement portion and a non-advertisement portion; deriving one or more fingerprints from at least a portion of the media content being played; determining that the one or more fingerprints are associated with the advertisement portion of the media content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
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receiving a content stream, wherein the content stream comprises a non-advertisement portion and an advertisement portion; identifying the advertisement portion in the content stream based on one or more fingerprints derived from content received on the content stream; wherein the method is performed by a device comprising a processor.
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