Methods for displaying content on a second device that is related to the content playing on a first device

1. A method, comprising:

at a computing system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors:

obtaining content information derived from a first media content item being displayed on a first electronic device;

in accordance with a match between the content information and a content fingerprint;

determining a set of instructions for displaying a second media content item based on the matched content fingerprint; and

causing the second media content item to be displayed on a second electronic device concurrently with display of the first media content item on the first electronic device, by:

causing the determined set of instructions to be executed by the second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content information includes at least one of content audio information, content video information, and both content audio information and content video information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the content audio information identifies a clip of a video stream or audio stream and wherein the content video information identifies a predefined number of video frames of the video stream.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content fingerprint includes at least one of fingerprint audio information, fingerprint video information and both fingerprint audio information and fingerprint video information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content fingerprint includes fingerprint audio information that identifies a clip of a video stream or audio stream.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content fingerprint includes fingerprint video information that identifies a predefined number of video frames of a video stream.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the match between the content information and the content fingerprint includes a match between at least a portion of the content audio information and at least a portion of the fingerprint audio information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein match between the content information and the content fingerprint includes a match between at least a portion of the content video information and at least a portion of the fingerprint video information.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined set of instructions includes instructions to display content that is related to the content information received from the first electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein an item in the set of instructions includes a uniform resource locator.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined set of instructions includes instructions to execute one or more applications that include at least one of a music application, a feed reader application, a coupon application, an advertisement application and a web browser application.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising;

determining one or more content files based on the content information; and

making the one or more content files available to the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is the second electronic device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is distinct from the second electronic device.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device is without access to the Internet.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second electronic device is a mobile electronic device, and the first electronic device is a television or computer display.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content item and the second media content item are different media content items.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second media content item includes an advertisement related to the first media content item.