Patent ID: 8266167

Claim:
A system for providing scenario-based content responsive to a given client, the system comprising: at least one content provider computing device coupled to at least one client device over a communication network, the at least one content provider computing device configured to receive a content request by a user using the at least one client device within a computing environment, the content provider computing device further configured to identify one or more characteristics associated with the user from which a content request is received; and a scenario based content provider configured to: identify one or more scenarios corresponding to the one or more characteristics associated with the user and the content request, the one or more scenarios including one or more real-world activities associated with the user in a real-world environment, the real-world environment excluding the computing environment; determine real-world scenario information relevant to the content request associated with the one or more scenarios, the real-world scenario information corresponding to at least one of news events, weather conditions and traffic data occurring in the real-world environment relating to the user; determine from the real-world scenario information one or more real-world events occurring in the real-world environment capable of affecting the one or more real-world activities associated with the user; retrieve scenario-based content associated with the content request and the real-world scenario information based on the one or more real-world events; and provide a recommended real-world activity in response to the content request upon occurrence of the one or more real-world events as an alternative to the one or more real-world activities associated with the user to the client device from which the content request is received, the recommended real-world activity including the retrieved scenario-based content.