Patent ID: 8190605

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying, by a device, a plurality of distinct addressable video streams selected for viewing by a user of the device; automatically obtaining, by the device and without any user action, geographic metadata for each of the addressable video streams in response to the device identifying the addressable video streams selected for viewing by the user, the geographic metadata including, for each addressable video stream, a location metadata element identifying a geographic location that describes a corresponding identifiable event within the corresponding addressable video stream; retrieving, by the device, location information about the geographic locations based on the respective location metadata elements; and aggregating by the device the location information for the identifiable events of the addressable video streams into an aggregated display for display to the user, the aggregated display providing a geographic context for a viewing profile of the user, the viewing profile of the user related to viewing habits of the user having viewed the identifiable events of the addressable video streams, wherein: the geographic metadata includes a second location metadata element identifying a second geographic location that describes a corresponding second identifiable event within one of the addressable video streams; the retrieving including retrieving second location information about the second geographic location in response to detecting the corresponding location metadata element; the displaying including displaying the second location information to the user for concurrent presentation to the user of the second identifiable event and the second location information that provides the geographic context for the second identifiable event, wherein the location information and the second location information are selectively concurrently displayed with the second identifiable event based on whether the device detects a relationship between the location information and the second location information.