Method and system for transferring an interactive feature to another device

1. A method comprising:

receiving from a second user, who is consuming a media asset with a first user from a first device, a selection to activate an interactive feature on the first device, wherein activation of the interactive feature interrupts consumption of the media asset from the first device, and wherein the media asset is associated with metadata, and wherein the interactive feature is related to the media asset;

comparing user preferences of the first user to the metadata;

initiating, based on the comparison, a timer that tracks a period of time that the interactive feature has been active on the first device;

in response to determining the timer exceeds a threshold amount of time, prompting the second user with a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating, based on the comparison, the timer comprises initiating the timer in response to determining the metadata matches user preferences of the first user, the method further comprising:

in response to determining that the metadata does not match user preferences of the first user, refraining from activating the timer and refraining from prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer display of the interactive feature from the first device to the second device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the user preferences of the first user, that the first user is interested in the interactive feature; and

increasing the threshold amount of time based on the determining.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the second device, wherein the second device is associated with the second user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein identifying the second device further comprises:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining, based on a second user profile associated with the second user, that a device of the plurality of accessible devices is associated with the second user; and

identifying the device as the second device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to the second device comprises prompting the second user on the second device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the media asset currently being consumed has been interrupted by an advertisement;

detecting that the first user started disregarding the advertisement;

generating the threshold amount of time based on a time period between a first time when the media was interrupted by the advertisement and a second time when the first user started disregarding the advertisement.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the selectable option;

transferring the interactive feature from the first device to the second device;

detecting that the first user is disregarding the media asset; and

in response to detecting that the first user is disregarding the media asset, generating for display a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the second device back to the first device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein detecting that the first user is disregarding the media asset comprises:

detecting that the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset;

activating a timer that tracks a period of time that the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset; and

determining, based on the timer, that the period of time for which the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset is greater a threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 , prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to the second device comprises:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining that a first accessible device of the plurality of accessible devices is associated with the second user; and

generating for display, on the first accessible device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the second device.

11. A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

receive from a second user, who is consuming a media asset with a first user from a first device, a selection to activate an interactive feature on the first device, wherein activation of the interactive feature interrupts consumption of the media asset from the first device, and wherein the media asset is associated with metadata, and wherein the interactive feature is related to the media asset;

compare user preferences of the first user to the metadata;

initiate, based on the comparison, a timer that tracks a period of time that the interactive feature has been active on the first device;

in response to determining the timer exceeds a threshold amount of time, prompt the second user with a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to a second device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry configured to initiate, based on the comparison, the timer is configured to initiate the timer in response to determining the metadata matches user preferences of the first user, and is further configured to:

in response to determining that the metadata does not match user preferences of the first user, refrain from activating the timer and refraining from prompting the second user with the selectable option to transfer display of the interactive feature from the first device to the second device.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine, based on the user preferences of the first user, that the first user is interested in the interactive feature; and

increase the threshold amount of time based on the determining.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify the second device, wherein the second device is associated with the second user.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the second device by:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining, based on a second user profile associated with the second user, that a device of the plurality of accessible devices is associated with the second user; and

identifying the device as the second device.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to prompt the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to the second device by prompting the second user on the second device.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine that the media asset currently being consumed has been interrupted by an advertisement;

detect that the first user started disregarding the advertisement; and

generate the threshold amount of time based on a time period between a first time when the media was interrupted by the advertisement and a second time when the first user started disregarding the advertisement.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive a user selection of the selectable option;

transfer the interactive feature from the first device to the second device;

detect that the first user is disregarding the media asset; and

in response to detecting that the first user is disregarding the media asset, generate for display a selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the second device back to the first device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to detect that the first user is disregarding the media asset by:

detecting that the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset;

activating a timer that tracks a period of time that the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset; and

determining, based on the timer, that the period of time for which the user's eyes are not turned in the direction of the media asset is greater a threshold.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to prompt the second user with the selectable option to transfer the interactive feature from the first device to the second device by:

detecting a plurality of accessible devices;

determining that a first accessible device of the plurality of accessible devices is associated with the second user; and

generating for display, on the first accessible device, a prompt to transfer the interactive feature to the second device.