METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT TO A USER DEVICE
Systems and methods are provided for presenting a supplemental content asset on a secondary device that is relevant to a primary content asset that is being presented on a primary user device, to enhance the user experience of the primary content asset. A relevant supplemental content asset may be selected based on characteristics of the primary content asset and/or user profile information. Presentation of the supplemental content asset and primary content asset may be coordinated and synchronized by exchange of messages between the primary user device and secondary device.
1 . A method comprising:
detecting a primary user device within a proximity of a secondary device;
receiving, from the primary user device, an electronic communication at the secondary device, wherein the electronic communication includes playback information about a primary content asset being accessed at the primary user device;
searching, in response to receiving the electronic communication, a content listings database to identify a content listing that is relevant to the primary content asset by:
computing, for each content listing in the database, a relevancy metric for a supplemental content asset associated with the respective content listing based on a characteristic of the primary content asset; and
selecting, as the identified content listing, the content listing associated with the supplemental content asset for which the relevancy metric exceeds a threshold;
retrieving the supplemental content asset associated with the identified content listing in response to selecting the identified content listing; and
presenting the retrieved supplemental content asset at the secondary device based in part on the received playback information.
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