Enriching information streams with contextual content
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsElmar Dorner, Rainer Ruggaber
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Abstract
Methods and systems for enriching information streams with supplemental content are disclosed. A contextual publisher may eavesdrop on an information distribution service, such as a news wire, and detect the presence of particular messages having subject matter in which the contextual publisher has expertise. The contextual publisher may thus generate content that is supplemental to the messages, and forward this supplemental content to the original recipients of the messages. In this way, users may receive timely information about topics in which they have a current interest.
Claims35
A method for supplementing content, the method comprising:
- inputting a primary media asset, the primary media asset including primary content and primary content metadata characterizing individual elements of the primary content;
- accessing supplemental content logic, the supplemental content logic including rules for the selection of supplemental content based on the primary content metadata;
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- outputting a supplemental media asset, based on the supplemental content logic.
A system for delivering content, the system comprising:
- a message reader operable to monitor an information distribution service and input therefrom a message being sent from a sender to a recipient;
- a supplemental content selector operable to analyze the message and determine a subject matter of the message and routing information associated with the message, and generate supplemental content that is supplemental to the subject matter;
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- a transmitter operable to transmit the supplemental content to the recipient based on the routing information.
An apparatus comprising a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions including:
- a first code segment for reading a message from an information distribution service;
- a second code segment for determining a subject matter of the message;
- a third code segment for generating supplemental subject matter that is relevant to the subject matter;
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- a fourth code segment for transmitting the supplemental subject matter via the information distribution service.
A system for delivering content, the system comprising:
- means for monitoring messages on an information distribution service;
- means for determining a subject matter of each of the messages;
- means for generating supplemental content, the supplemental content including supplemental subject matter that is relevant to the subject matter of at least one monitored message;
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- means for sending the supplemental subject matter to a recipient of the monitored message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.