Systems and methods for dynamically educating users on sports terminology

1 . A method comprising:

causing a first video associated with a sporting event to be played at a device, wherein the first video is received from a first content source;

identifying, based at least in part on first metadata associated with the first video, a term or concept related to the sporting event;

generating a tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and causing the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the playing of the first video;

receiving input to cause a second video associated with the sporting event to be played at the device, wherein the second video is received from a second content source; and

based at least in part on the received input and based at least in part on second metadata associated with the second video, causing the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video at the device, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not presented.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is associated with a user profile of a user, and wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences, the method further comprising:

identifying, based at least in part on the user profile, a sport education level of the user in relation to the sporting event; and

comparing the identified sport education level with a threshold sport education level;

wherein the generating the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and the causing of the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the playing of the first video is performed based at least in part on determining that the identified sport education level is less than the threshold sport education level.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sport education level of the user is based at least in part on a viewing history indicated in the user profile with respect to one or more sporting events.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is associated with a user profile, and wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences, the method further comprising:

identifying, in the user profile, a sport education level in relation to the sporting event; and

comparing the identified sport education level with a first threshold sport education level and a second threshold sport education level;

wherein the generating the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and the causing of the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the playing of the first video is performed based at least in part on determining that the identified sport education level of a user is greater than the first threshold sport education level and is less than the second threshold sport education level, and wherein the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept is caused to be more advanced than when the identified sport education level of the user is less than the first threshold sport education level.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, from the second metadata, a plurality of terms related to the sporting event;

determining a respective threshold sport education level for each of the plurality of terms; and

for each of the plurality of terms, determining that a sport education level, associated with the sporting event and associated with a user profile of a user of the device, is higher than the respective threshold sport education level of each of the plurality of terms.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not displayed, further comprises:

detecting that a user is accessing the second video at a second time, after accessing the first video at a first time earlier than the second time; and

determining, at the second time, an increase in a frequency of how often the user views sporting events of a same type as the sporting event during a time period from the first time to the second time, as compared to a time period prior to the first time.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the first video is based on:

transmitting the term to a plurality of social network profiles of a social network; and

receiving input from a plurality of users of the plurality of social network profiles on the social network, each input providing a given explanation of the term.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving input indicating an identification of a set of experts on the social network for a given type of sporting event; and

limiting transmission of the term to social network profiles of the identified set of experts.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing presenting of the tailored explanation of the term comprises at least one of replacing a display of the term with the tailored explanation, presenting an overlay over the first video with the tailored explanation adjacent to the term, or highlighting the term in the playing of the first video.

10 . A system comprising:

control circuitry configured to

cause a first video associated with a sporting event to be played at a device, wherein the first video is received from a first content source;

identify, based at least in part on first metadata associated with the first video, a term or concept related to the sporting event;

generate a tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and cause the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the playing of the first video;

receive input to cause a second video associated with the sporting event to be played at the device, wherein the second video is received from a second content source; and

based at least in part on the received input and based at least in part on second metadata associated with the second video, cause the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video at the device, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not presented.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the device is associated with a user profile of a user, wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify, based at least in part on the user profile, a sport education level of the user in relation to the sporting event; and

compare the identified sport education level with a threshold sport education level;

wherein the control circuitry configured to generate the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and cause the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the playing of the first video further based at least in part on determining that the identified sport education level is less than the threshold sport education level.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the sport education level of the user is based at least in part on a viewing history indicated in the user profile with respect to one or more sporting events.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the device is associated with a user profile, wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify, in the user profile, a sport education level in relation to the sporting event; and

compare the identified sport education level with a first threshold sport education level and a second threshold sport education level;

wherein the control circuitry configured to generate the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept and cause the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the first video is performed based at least in part on determining that the identified sport education level of a user is greater than the first threshold sport education level and is less than the second threshold sport education level, and wherein the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept is caused to be more advanced than when the identified sport education level of the user is less than the first threshold sport education level.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify, from the second metadata, a plurality of terms related to the sporting event;

determine a respective threshold sport education level for each of the plurality of terms; and

for each of the second plurality of terms, determine that a sport education level, associated with the sporting event and associated with a user profile of a user of the device, is higher than the respective threshold sport education level of each of the plurality of terms.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry configured to cause the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not displayed, is further configured to:

detect that a user is accessing the second video at a second time, after accessing the first video at a first time earlier than the second time; and

determine, at the second time, an increase in a frequency of how often the user has viewed sporting events of a same type as the sporting event during a time period from the first time to the second time, as compared to a time period prior to the first time.

16 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry configured to cause the tailored explanation to be simultaneously presented with the first video is further configured to:

transmit the term to a plurality of social network profiles of a social network; and

receive input from a plurality of users of the plurality of social network profiles on the social network, each input providing a given explanation of the term.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive input indicating an identification of a set of experts on the social network for a given type of sporting event; and

limit transmission of the term to social network profiles of the identified set of experts.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to cause the presentation of the tailored explanation of the term by replacing a display of the term with the tailored explanation, presenting an overlay over the first video with the tailored explanation adjacent to the term, or highlighting the term in the playing of the first video.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video at the device, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not presented, is further based at least in part on the tailored explanation of the identified term or concept related to the sporting event having been already previously presented at the device with the playing of the first video.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the identified term or concept, the tailored explanation of which was previously presented at the device with the playing of the first video, corresponds to one or more terms or concepts indicated in the second metadata associated with the second video;

wherein the causing the second video to be played at the device such that, during the playing of the second video at the device, tailored explanations of terms or concepts related to the sporting event are not presented is based at least in part on the determining.