Patent ID: 8396874

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: selecting, using a computing device, an event, such that at least a portion of the content of the event is stored as a media object; retrieving, over a network, a plurality of topic messages relating to the event from a plurality of topic message sources; analyzing, using the computing device, the plurality of topic messages to identify a plurality of content segments within the event; storing, to a computer readable medium, segment data relating to the plurality of content segments identified within the event, such that the segment data is stored in association with the media object, such that the segment data identifies the plurality of content segments within the media object; analyzing, using the computing device, the plurality of topic messages to identify a key actor related to the event; extracting, using the computing device, key actor data from the analyzed topic messages; and storing, to the computer readable medium, the key actor data relating to the key actor in the event, wherein the key actor data is stored in association with the media object, the key actor data identifying the key actor in the event.