Social media application for a media content providing platform

A system for providing a computer simulation of a live event, the system comprising:

• one or more computing devices;
• one or more storage devices having stored thereon instructions that, upon execution by the one or more computing devices, to cause the system at least to:
• receive a request from a content provider to provide a client device with access to the computer simulation;
• transmit, in response to the request, an application that performs at least a portion of the computer simulation on the client device, the application comprising instructions that, when executed, forms visual representations of a simulated crowd attending the live event;
• maintain a plurality of profiles representative of virtual attendees connected by a network to the computer simulation of the live event;
• select a first subset of the plurality of profiles based at least in part on random selection from the plurality of profiles;
• cause the application to display, on the client device, a first visual representation of the simulated crowd, wherein the first visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a first plurality of audience icons corresponding to the first subset and a first graphical indicia provided by the content provider, the first graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles in the first subset;
• and
• cause the application to display, in response to a selection by a user of the client device, a second visual representation of the simulated crowd, wherein the second visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a second plurality of audience icons corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of profiles, the second subset based at least in part on profiles in the second subset matching a profile characteristic, the second visual representation further comprising a second graphical indicia provided by the content provider, the second graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles of the second subset.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, upon execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices at least to:

• transmit instructions corresponding to an application for providing a simulation of a virtual crowd attending a live event;
• maintain a plurality of profiles representative of virtual attendees connected by a network to the simulation of the virtual crowd attending a life event;
• select a first subset of the plurality of profiles based at least in part on a random selection of the plurality of profiles;
• cause the application to display, on a client device, a first visual representation of the virtual crowd, wherein the first visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a first plurality of audience icons corresponding to the first subset and a first graphical indicia provided by a content provider, the first graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles in the first subset;
• and
• cause the application to display, in response to a selection by a user of the client device, a second visual representation of the virtual crowd, wherein the second visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a second plurality of audience icons corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of profiles, the second subset based at least in part on profiles in the second subset matching a profile characteristic, the second visual representation further comprising a second graphical indicia provided by the content provider, the second graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles of the second subset.

A computer-implemented method for providing a computer simulation of a live event, the method comprising:

• receiving a request from a content provider to provide a client device with access to the computer simulation;
• transmitting, in response to the request, an application that performs at least a portion of the computer simulation on the client device, the application comprising instructions that, when executed, forms visual representations of a simulated crowd attending the live event;
• storing a plurality of profiles representative of virtual attendees connected by a network to the computer simulation of the live event;
• selecting a first subset of the plurality of profiles based at least in part on random selection from the plurality of profiles;
• causing the application to display, on the client device, a first visual representation of the simulated crowd, wherein the first visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a first plurality of audience icons corresponding to the first subset and a first graphical indicia provided by the content provider, the first graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles in the first subset;
• and
• causing the application to display, in response to a selection by a user of the client device, a second visual representation of the simulated crowd, wherein the second visual representation is generated by the application and comprises a second plurality of audience icons corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of profiles, the second subset based at least in part on a profile characteristic, the second visual representation further comprising a second graphical indicia provided by the content provider, the second graphical indicia based at least in part on profiles of the second subset.