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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Sheryl L. Comes, Denver, CO (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Chartlottesville, VA (US);

Anne R. Sand, Cannon City, CO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for detecting a presentation of media content on a first display device; synchronizing contextual data corresponding to the media content with the media content; transmitting the contextual metadata corresponding to the media content to a second display device in response to the detecting, wherein the second display device is a different device than the first display device; and presenting the contextual metadata, in synchronization with the media content, on the second display device in conjunction with the presentation of the media content on the first display device.


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