Patent ID: 8793256
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media, wherein the media comprises a primary media and a secondary media, the secondary media being time-synchronized with the primary media, the method comprising: retrieving one or more items of metadata associated with at least one part of the media, wherein at least one of the one or more items of metadata indicates a non-hierarchical relationship between content of the primary media and content of the secondary media, and wherein the content of the primary media is different from the content of the secondary media; selecting at least one item of related content based at least in part on the at least one of the one or more items of metadata, wherein the at least one item of related content is selected from a library of related content that is indexed by one or more terms used to describe the one or more items of metadata, wherein the selecting comprises: displaying the at least one item of related content substantially simultaneously with display of the media.