Broadcast control and accrued history of media

摘要

Pairing a portable electronic device with a media device that is playing media, providing control to the portable device, displaying information about the media being played on the portable electronic device, and providing a link to the media asset in an online store. Discovering that a media device that is currently publically playing media, receiving a media signal encoded with metadata describing the media being played, and displaying an accrued history of various instances of media items that have been overheard during a public play session as a list of media items associated with metadata describing the media items.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, through a communication interface of an electronic device, a media signal encoded with a media type identifier transmitted by a media device playing media of a media type identified by the media type identifier; extracting, using a processor of the electronic device, the media type identifier from the media signal; identifying a set of controls stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium of the electronic device, wherein the set of controls are configured for navigating the media based on the media type identified by the media type identifier, and wherein each of the controls in the set of controls corresponds to an input gesture and a control signal for controlling the media device; receiving, through a touch-screen interface of the electronic device, an input gesture; identifying, in the set of controls, the control signal that corresponds to the input gesture; and transmitting, through the communication interface, the control signal to the media device for controlling the media device based on the input gesture.