Patent ID: 9681160
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: storing a first video segment provided by a first user over a content distribution network, wherein the first video segment is tagged with a first set of metadata that includes a first tag specifying a venue at which the first video segment was filmed, and wherein the first video segment is stored in a database that limits respective durations of all video segments stored in the database, including the first video segment, to no longer than a defined maximum length; identifying, using a processor, a live broadcast media stream that depicts the venue at which the first video segment was filmed by matching a second tag in a second set of metadata tagging the live broadcast stream to the first tag, wherein the live broadcast media stream is provided by a second user; updating, using the processor, the live broadcast media stream to include the first video segment, thereby producing an updated live broadcast media stream; identifying a third user who has indicated that he or she is currently present at the venue at which the first video segment was filmed; responsive to the identifying the third user, distributing a hyperlink over the content distribution network to a mobile device operated by a third user to alert the third user to the existence of the updated live broadcast media stream; and streaming the updated live broadcast media stream over the content distribution network to the mobile device operated by the third user upon activation of the hyperlink by the mobile device.