METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ON A SECOND SCREEN OF SOCIAL MESSAGES RELATED TO CONTENT ON A FIRST SCREEN
The present disclosure is directed towards a method and system method for providing a graphical representation of social messages on a second screen relating to content displayed on a first screen. The disclosure involves monitoring social media for one or more messages relating to content being displayed on a first screen, processing the one or more message relating to content being displayed on the first screen to associate messages with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen, and providing a graphical representation of the one or more social messages, associated with one or more time segments of the content being displayed on the first screen, on the second screen.
1 . A method of providing a graphical representation of social messages on a second screen relating to content displayed on a first screen:
monitoring social media for one or more messages relating to content being displayed on a first screen;
processing the one or more message relating to content being displayed on first screen device to associate message with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen; and
providing a graphical representation of the one or more social messages associated with one or more time segments of the content being displayed on the first screen on the second screen.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the social media being monitored is Twitter.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a series of bins, wherein each bin is associated with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen and the one or more messages are associated with the bins.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein selecting a bin caused the associated one or more messages to be displayed.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of processing the one or more messages comprises:
determining if a timestamp is associated with the one or more social messages; and
associating the one more messages with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the timestamp is a hashtag provided as part of the one or more messages.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation indicates the number of messages associated with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of monitoring is performed remotely.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation provides the ability to control the content being displayed on the first screen.
10 . A second screen device comprising:
a screen configured to display content;
storage for storing data; and
a processor configured to monitor social media for one or more messages relating to content being displayed on a first screen, process the one or more messages relating to content being displayed on first screen device to associate message with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen, and provide a graphical representation of the one or more social messages associated with one or more time segments of the content being displayed on the first screen for display on the screen of the second screen device.
11 . The second screen device of claim 10 , further comprising a wireless network interface for wireless communication.
12 . The second screen device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide access to social media.
13 . The second screen device of claim 10 , wherein the second screen device comprises a touch screen device.
14 . The second screen device of claim 10 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a series of bins, wherein each bin is associated with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen and the one or more messages are associated with the bins.
15 . A machine readable medium containing instructions that when executed perform the steps comprising:
monitoring social media for one or more messages relating to content being displayed on a first screen;
processing the one or more message relating to content being displayed on first screen device to associate message with a time segment of the content being displayed on the first screen; and
providing a graphical representation of the one or more social messages associated with one or more time segments of the content being displayed on the first screen on the second screen.