Method and system for media-based event generation
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of user-created annotations associated with media items in a media stream, the user-created annotations created by viewing users of the media items, each user-created annotation associated with a media item of said media stream;
receiving, at the computing device, a time trigger generated as a result of a presentation of the media stream;
selecting, via the computing device, a user-created annotation from the plurality of user-created annotations based on the received time trigger and usage history information related to the media stream, said selection of the user-created annotation further comprising;
identifying that a first user is viewing the presentation of the media stream;
selecting a user-created annotation received from a second user different from and associated with the first user;
determining that the first user is part of a community of users that includes the second user; and
selecting, based on a usage history of the community of users including the first user and the second user, a user-created annotation received from one or more users in the community; and
transmitting, over a network, the selected user-created annotation to a media server for selection of an associated media item, wherein the selected media item is transmitted along with the media stream.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described allowing dynamic selection of media items for presentation within a media stream based on dynamically-generated information that describes the content of the media stream or the stream'"'"'s consumer. Systems may include meta data servers and media servers that work together to dynamically select media items and dynamically build a media stream containing the selected media items to the consumer. The media items are selected based on dynamically-generated meta data. Such meta data may be generated by previous consumers of the media stream and provide an accurate and dynamic description of the contents of the media stream. Because the media items are dynamically selected based on dynamically-generated meta data, even though the same media stream may be requested by different media consumers, each media stream is individually generated and may be a unique stream that reflects the impressions of previous consumers of the stream.
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of user-created annotations associated with media items in a media stream, the user-created annotations created by viewing users of the media items, each user-created annotation associated with a media item of said media stream; receiving, at the computing device, a time trigger generated as a result of a presentation of the media stream; selecting, via the computing device, a user-created annotation from the plurality of user-created annotations based on the received time trigger and usage history information related to the media stream, said selection of the user-created annotation further comprising; identifying that a first user is viewing the presentation of the media stream; selecting a user-created annotation received from a second user different from and associated with the first user; determining that the first user is part of a community of users that includes the second user; and selecting, based on a usage history of the community of users including the first user and the second user, a user-created annotation received from one or more users in the community; and transmitting, over a network, the selected user-created annotation to a media server for selection of an associated media item, wherein the selected media item is transmitted along with the media stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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