SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLEMENTING CONTENT FROM A SERVER

摘要

Methods and systems to provide supplemental content to a user who is viewing video or other content. The user's device (through which he will access the video) then provides an identifier of that video to a server or other computing facility. Here, the video identifier is used to identify supplemental content that corresponds to the user's video. The supplemental content is then provided to the user device for the user's consumption. The supplemental content may be structured in such a way that pieces of the supplemental content are accessible at particular points in the video. The piece(s) of the supplemental content available at a particular point in the video will be related to one or more objects that are present at this point. This allows a user to access one or more pieces of supplemental content in a context-specific manner, at a point in the video where the piece(s) of supplemental content are relevant.

主权项

1. A method of supplementing content, comprising:
receiving a video identifier from a user device; retrieving layer information related to a video identified by the identifier; and sending the layer information to the user device, wherein the layer information comprises supplemental content, or a link thereto, that the user device can access at particular points in the video, and wherein the receiving, retrieving, and sending are performed at a server.