Media-media augmentation system and method of composing a media product

A media-content augmentation system having an input and an output, the media-content augmentation system comprising:

• a processing system receptive to a data stream containing temporally-varying event data;
• wherein the processing system is arranged:
• to resolve the data stream into one or more of a plurality of categorized contextual themes;
• to correlate said categorized contextual themes with metadata associated with at least part of at least one reference media file relevant to the one or more of the plurality of categorized contextual themes;
• and thereafter
• to cut or fade together selected parts of the at least one reference media file to reflect said temporally-varying event data in the data stream, thereby to generate, at the output, a media product having content transitions aligned with the temporally-varying events in the data stream, and wherein said temporarily-varying events take the form of a beginning and an end in the case of a sustained feature for the contextual theme, wherein the sustained features is one of a form function and a hit point over time.

A method of aligning sections in one or more digital media files with temporally-varying events data to compose a media product, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an input of a processing system, input data containing temporally-changing events data;
• resolving the temporally-changing events data into at least one of a plurality of categorized contextual themes;
• correlating said categorized contextual themes with file-specific metadata associated with at least one reference media file, said file-specific metadata providing beginning and end timings for at least one contextual theme identified as present within the at least one reference media file;
• and
• or fading together selected sections of the at least one reference media file to generate, as an output, a media product having content transitions between its contextual themes that are aligned with identified and selected temporal events in the input.
• and wherein said temporarily-varying events take the form of one of:
• a beginning and an end in the case of a sustained feature, wherein the sustained features is one of a form function and a hit point over time;
• and
• a specific point in time for a hit point.

A method of generating media product in which one or more sections in one or more digital media files are aligned with temporally-varying events data to compose the media product, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an input of a processing system, input data containing temporally-changing events data;
• resolving the temporally-changing events data into one of a plurality of relevant categorized contextual themes;
• correlating said categorized contextual themes with file-specific metadata associated with sections of at least one reference media file, said file-specific metadata defining at least one contextual theme identified as present within the at least one reference media file;
• and
• splicing or fading together selected sections of the at least one reference media file to generate a media product in which content transitions between contextual themes present within the media product are aligned with identified and selected temporal events in the input data.