MEDIA CONTEXT INFORMATION

摘要

The present invention enables one entity to take actions that relate to or loosely parallel another entity with regard to media content. In particular, a presence system is configured to receive state information and media state information indicative of a user accessing media content and various media related information. The presence system will process the state information and the media state information provided from any number of monitored entities and generate presence and media context information. The presence information will bear on the relative availability of a monitored user, and the media context information will bear on the monitored user's access to the media content. The media context information is then sent to the subscribing entities of subscribers to the presence information, alone or with any available presence information. Once the presence and media context information is received, a subscribing entity can take actions based on the media context information.