Second screen recipes function

摘要

Systems for, and methods of, displaying video information comprising: a second screen device obtaining current play position data of a video being played on a primary screen device (e.g., obtaining from the primary screen device an identification of a current play position of the video, or obtaining information to generate an acoustic fingerprint of the video); determining a current play position of the video playing on the primary screen device based upon the current play position data (e.g., identification of the current play position or the acoustic fingerprint); downloading information (e.g., video map, subtitles, moral principles, objectionable content, memorable content, performers, geographical maps, shopping, plot point, item, ratings, trivia information, and recipe information) over a computer communications network into the memory of the second screen device; and displaying information on the second screen device synchronized with the contemporaneously played video on the primary screen device.

主权项

1. A second screen device comprising: a communication interface for downloading, over a communications network and to a memory of the second screen device, recipe information and a display position, and for receiving synchronizing information that is responsive to a playing of a video on a primary screen device, the recipe information comprising (i) a video image that is representative of a specific depiction, within the video, that does not depict a food item, the video image being associated with a recipe that is inspired by the specific depiction which does not depict a food item, (ii) a write-up relating to the recipe as inspired by the specific depiction, (iii) a photograph of the recipe as prepared, and (iv) a recipe title, a recipe ingredient list, and a recipe directions; and a processor for establishing, responsive to the synchronizing information, a synchronization to the playing of the video, and for activating on a display screen, responsive to the established synchronization and responsive to the display position, a display of recipe information; wherein the receiving synchronizing information comprises receiving audio information principally from the playing of the video on the primary screen device; and wherein the establishing the synchronization to the playing of the video comprises generating an acoustic fingerprint responsive to the received audio information, and comparing the acoustic fingerprint to an acoustic database.