Enabling communication connections related to received content

摘要

A content receiver determines that a communication connection recipient identifier is associated with content received from a content provider. An associated communication device is identified by the content receiver. The content receiver then signals the communication device to initiate a communication connections utilizing the communication identifier. In some implementations, the content receiver may provide a user with a notification and may signal the communication device after receiving a responses to the notification. In one or more implementations, the communication connection recipient identifiers may be telephone numbers, the communication devices may be telecommunication devices, and the communication connections may be telephone connections. The content receiver may determine that a communication connection recipient identifier is associated with content based on analysis of metadata that accompanies or that otherwise corresponds to the received content or by audio and/or image recognition performed on the content.

主权项

1. A method for enabling communication connections related to received content at a content receiver, the method comprising:
determining, utilizing at least one processing unit, that at least one telephone number is associated with at least one instance of content stored in a digital video recorder by analyzing metadata related to the at least one instance of content, wherein the telephone number is provided within the metadata and is extracted from the metadata by the content receiver, and wherein the metadata is provided to the content receiver separately from the at least one instance of content; identifying at least one external telecommunication device, utilizing the at least one processing unit, that is separate from the content receiver but that is in communication with the content receiver; and providing, utilizing the at least one processing unit and in response to a signal indicating a request for the telephone number and received from a user interface component that is separate from the telecommunication device, the telephone number extracted from the metadata to the external telecommunication device during playback of the content from the digital video recorder to initiate at least one telephone connection utilizing the at least one telephone number, utilizing the at least one user interface component, providing at least one notification to at least one user regarding the at least one telephone number, and receiving as the signal indicating the request at least one response to the at least one notification from the at least one user indicating to call the at least one telephone number prior to the at least one processing unit signaling the at least one external telecommunication device.