Snippet augmentation for videos

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and executable by a computer to:

• transmit, from a video augmenting computer to a first reviewing computer, a video and a request for one or more snippets created by a video reviewer who is using the first reviewing computer to view the video, wherein the one or more snippets provide additional information about one or more video passages in the video;
• receive, by the video augmenting computer, a response to the request, wherein the response comprises the one or more snippets;
• retrieve, by the video augmenting computer, a video reviewer profile for the video reviewer;
• receive, by the video augmenting computer, a request from a viewer to view the video;
• compare, by the video augmenting computer, the video reviewer profile to a viewer profile of the viewer;
• in response to the viewer profile matching the video reviewer profile within a predetermined range of similarities, augment, by the video augmenting computer, the video with the one or more snippets to create an augmented video;
• and
• transmit, from the video augmenting computer to a client computer associated with the viewer, the augmented video.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more computer readable memories, operably coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more computer readable memories store program instructions for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to transmit, from a video augmenting computer to a reviewing computer, a video and a request for one or more snippets created by a video reviewer who is using the reviewing computer to view the video, wherein the one or more snippets provide additional information about one or more video passages in the video;
• program instructions to receive, by the video augmenting computer, a response to the request, wherein the response comprises the one or more snippets;
• program instructions to retrieve, by the video augmenting computer, a video reviewer profile for the video reviewer;
• program instructions to receive a request from a viewer to view the video;
• program instructions to compare the video reviewer profile to a viewer profile of the viewer;
• program instructions to, in response to the viewer profile matching the video reviewer profile within a predetermined range of similarities, augment the video with the one or more snippets to create an augmented video;
• and
• program instructions to transmit, to a client computer associated with the viewer, the augmented video.