Flexibly identifying and playing media content from any webpage

1. A system for identifying and displaying content in a webpage, the system comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a web browser, first webpage content of a first webpage;

comparing the first webpage content to media content in a media content database, wherein the media content comprises at least one of a video game, a movie, or a song;

based on the comparison, identifying a match in the first webpage content to matching media content in the media content database;

based on identifying the match, displaying a visual indicator indicating that the matching media content has been identified;

detecting an interaction of a user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator;

based on detecting the interaction, displaying an interface concurrently with the first webpage, the interface displaying additional information about the matching media content and a selectable user-interface element;

receiving a selection of the selectable user-interface element in the interface; and

in response to receiving the selection, causing a new browser tab or new browser window displaying a second webpage for playing the matching media.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the additional information displayed in the interface is received from an external source other than the first webpage and the second webpage.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the match comprises determining that a percentage of letters or words in the first webpage content matches the letters or words in a title of the matching media content.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the match further comprises identifying context from the first webpage, wherein the context comprises at least one of: additional text surrounding the matching content, an identified platform associated with the first webpage, an address of the first webpage, a header of the first webpage, a title of the first webpage, data associated with a cookie stored by the web browser, or data associated with a browsing history stored by the web browser.

5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising assigning a relative weight to the context based on proximity of the context to the matching content of the first webpage content.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visual indicator comprises an icon inserted before or after the first webpage content identified as the match.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein displaying the visual indicator includes modifying at least one of: a document object model (DOM) of the first webpage, a hypertext markup language (HTML) of the first webpage, or an extensible markup language (XML) of the first webpage.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator is a selection of the visual indicator.

9. A computer-implemented method, performed by a web browser, for identifying and displaying content, the method comprising:

receiving first webpage content of a first webpage;

comparing the first webpage content to media content in a media content database, wherein the media content comprises at least one of a video game, a movie, or a song;

based on the comparison, identifying a match in the first webpage content to matching media content in the media content database;

based on identifying the match, displaying a visual indicator indicating that the matching media content has been identified;

detecting an interaction of a user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator;

based on detecting the interaction, displaying an interface concurrently with the first webpage, the interface displaying additional information about the matching media content and a selectable user-interface element;

receiving a selection of the selectable user-interface element in the interface; and

in response to receiving the selection, causing a new browser tab or new browser window displaying a second webpage for playing the matching media.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the identifying the match comprises determining that a percentage of letters or words in the first webpage content matches the letters or words in a title of the matching media content.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the identifying the match further comprises identifying context from the first webpage, wherein the context comprises at least one of: additional text surrounding the matching content, an identified platform associated with the first webpage, an address of the first webpage, a header of the first webpage, a title of the first webpage, data associated with a cookie stored by the web browser, or data associated with a browsing history stored by the web browser.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: the address of the first webpage or the title of the first webpage.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: the data associated with the cookie stored by the web browser or the data associated with the browsing history stored by the web browser.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the visual indicator comprises an icon inserted before or after the first webpage content identified as the match.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator is a selection of the visual indicator.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein displaying the visual indicator includes modifying at least one of: a document object model (DOM) of the first webpage, a hypertext markup language (HTML) of the first webpage, or an extensible markup language (XML) of the first webpage.

17. A computer-implemented method, performed by a web browser, for identifying and displaying content, the method comprising:

receiving first webpage content of a first webpage;

comparing the first webpage content to media content in a media content database, wherein the media content comprises at least one of a video game, a movie, or a song;

based on the comparison and context of the first webpage, identifying a match in the first webpage content to matching media content in the media content database;

based on identifying the match, displaying a visual indicator indicating that the matching media content has been identified by modifying at least one of: a document object model (DOM) of the first webpage, a hypertext markup language (HTML) of the first webpage, or an extensible markup language (XML) of the first webpage;

detecting an interaction of a user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator;

based on detecting the interaction, displaying an interface concurrently with the first webpage, the interface displaying additional information about the matching media content and a selectable user-interface element;

receiving a selection of the selectable user-interface element in the interface; and

in response to receiving the selection, causing a new browser tab or new browser window displaying a second webpage for playing the matching media.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the user-controlled input with the displayed visual indicator is a selection of the visual indicator.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the visual indicator comprises an icon inserted before or after the first webpage content identified as the match.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: additional text surrounding the matching content, an identified platform associated with the first webpage, an address of the first webpage, a header of the first webpage, a title of the first webpage, data associated with a cookie stored by the web browser, or data associated with a browsing history stored by the web browser.