Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a receiving device, the method comprising: detecting a position of a control device operated by a user; detecting horizontal orientation or vertical inclination of the control device; based on the position and the horizontal orientation or vertical inclination of the control device, determining that the control device is pointed at the receiving device as opposed to another receiving device in the vicinity; and causing the control device to control the receiving device at which it is pointed based on the determination that the control device is pointed at the receiving device.

Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for enhancing full-app content playing on a first device is provided, the method comprising: running one or more micro-apps simultaneously with the full-app content playing on the first device; for each of the micro-apps: retrieving full-app content context information regarding the media; querying a micro-app partner using the full-app content context information; receiving results from the micro-app partner; and displaying or playing at least a portion of the received results.

Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for enhancing content playing on a device is provided, the method comprising: extracting context information; retrieving a policy, wherein the policy comprises one or more constraints; applying one or more of the constraints in the policy to the extracted context information, producing augmented context information; sending the augmented context information as a query to an entity external to the device; receiving results from the entity external to the device in response to the query; and displaying the results from the entity external to the device on the device.