Patent ID: 9432706
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: providing, by a system including a processor, media content to a group of communication devices, wherein each communication device of the group of communication devices is configured to present a plurality of user-generated comments associated with the media content in an overlay over the media content during a presentation of the media content; receiving, by the system, the plurality of user-generated comments associated with the media content being presented at the group of communication devices, wherein the plurality of user-generated comments are annotated to the media content; transmitting, by the system, the plurality of user-generated comments to be presented in the overlay to the group of communication devices during the providing of the media content; determining, by the system, a frequency of the plurality of user-generated comments; identifying, by the system, from the plurality of user-generated comments, a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content responsive to the frequency of the plurality of user-generated comments exceeding a threshold; receiving, by the system, user input that indicates a selection of a range of interest in the segment; identifying, by the system, a sample segment according to the range of the segment of the media content that is to be transmitted to the group of communication devices; and transmitting, by the system, the sample segment to the group of communication devices, wherein the group of communication devices present the sample segment along with the plurality of user-generated comments.