Video-Production System With Social-Media Features

A method of retrieving a social media (SM) content item by a computing system operable to access a plurality of SM platforms, wherein the computing system stores a plurality of sets of platform-specific rules for retrieving SM content items from the plurality of SM platforms, wherein each set of platform-specific rules corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of SM platforms, the method comprising:

• retrieving a first SM content item from a first SM platform of the plurality of SM platforms by:
• (i) accessing, by the computing system, the first SM platform,
• (ii) selecting, by the computing system, the first SM content item published on the first SM platform,
• (iii) responsive to selecting the first SM content item on the first SM platform, selecting, by the computing system, from among the plurality of sets of platform-specific rules, a first set of platform-specific rules corresponding to the first SM platform, and
• (iv) using, by the computing system, the first set of platform-specific rules to retrieve the first SM content item from the first SM platform;
• retrieving a second SM content item from a second SM platform of the plurality of SM platforms by:
• (v) accessing, by the computing system, the second SM platform, wherein the second SM platform is different than the first SM platform,
• (vi) selecting, by the computing system, the second SM content item published on the second SM platform,
• (vii) responsive to selecting the second SM content item on the second SM platform, selecting, by the computing system, from among the plurality of sets of platform-specific rules, a second set of platform-specific rules corresponding to the second SM platform, wherein the first set of platform-specific rules is different than the second set of platform-specific rules,
• (viii) using, by the computing system, the second set of platform-specific rules to retrieve the second SM content item from the second SM platform;
• and
• integrating the first SM content item and the second SM content item into a video program.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, program instructions that when executed by a processor, cause a computing system to perform a set of acts, wherein the computing system stores a plurality of sets of platform-specific rules for retrieving social media (SM) content items from a plurality of SM platforms, wherein each set of platform-specific rules corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of SM platforms, the acts comprising:

• accessing one SM platform of the plurality of SM platforms;
• selecting a SM content item published on the accessed SM platform;
• responsive to selecting the SM content item on the SM platform, selecting, from among the plurality of sets of platform-specific rules, a set of platform-specific rules corresponding to the accessed SM platform;
• using, by the computing system, the selected set of platform-specific rules to retrieve the selected SM content item;
• and
• integrating, by the computing system, the retrieved SM content item into a video program.