Method and system for media-based event generation
Systems and methods are described allowing dynamic selection of media items for presentation within a media stream based on dynamically-generated information that describes the content of the media stream or the stream's consumer. Systems may include meta data servers and media servers that work together to dynamically select media items and dynamically build a media stream containing the selected media items to the consumer. The media items are selected based on dynamically-generated meta data. Such meta data may be generated by previous consumers of the media stream and provide an accurate and dynamic description of the contents of the media stream. Because the media items are dynamically selected based on dynamically-generated meta data, even though the same media stream may be requested by different media consumers, each media stream is individually generated and may be a unique stream that reflects the impressions of previous consumers of the stream.
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of user-created annotations associated with media items in a media stream, the user-created annotations created by viewing users of the media items, each user-created annotation associated with a media item of said media stream;
receiving, at the computing device, a time trigger generated as a result of a presentation of the media stream;
selecting, via the computing device, a user-created annotation from the plurality of user-created annotations based on the received time trigger and usage history information related to the media stream, said selection of the user-created annotation further comprising:
identifying that a first user is viewing the presentation of the media stream;
selecting a user-created annotation received from a second user different from and associated with the first user;
determining that the first user is part of a community of users that includes the second user; and
selecting, based on a usage history of the community of users including the first user and the second user, a user-created annotation received from one or more users in the community; and
transmitting, over a network, the selected user-created annotation to a media server for selection of an associated media item, wherein the selected media item is transmitted along with the media stream.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second media item is an advertisement.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-created annotation is an annotation created by the first user.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the user-created annotation further comprises:
selecting a user-created annotation received from the first user.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a second media item for inclusion in the media stream based on the selected user-created annotation, said selection of the second media item comprising identifying the user-created annotation based on usage history information related to the media stream; and
transmitting, over a network, the second media item to the first user with the media stream.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein selecting the second media item is further based on usage information of the first user.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein selecting the second media item is further based on usage information of the second user.
8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
before transmitting the second media item, inserting the second media item into the media stream;
wherein transmitting the second media item is performed via transmitting the media stream.
9. The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting the second media item further comprises:
transmitting the second media item and an indication that the second media item be presented in a first display window separate from a second display window presenting the media stream on a display of a user computing device.