Contextual layer for digital content

A method for providing a contextual layer for digital content, the method comprising:

• storing in memory:
• contextual information regarding a digital content stream, wherein different sets of the contextual information is associated with different predefined parts of the digital content stream, and
• one or more prioritization parameters;
• receiving a request from a user device over a communication network, wherein the request concerns context for a scene within the digital content stream;
• and
• executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
• identifies that the scene is associated with at least one of the predefined parts of the digital content stream,
• retrieves one or more of the stored sets of contextual information based on the at least one predefined part of the digital content stream, wherein one of the retrieved sets of contextual information is prioritized in accordance with the one or more prioritization parameters, and
• generates a contextual layer based on the retrieved sets of contextual information, wherein the generated contextual layer includes a presentation of the retrieved sets of contextual information to be overlaid on at least part of the scene within the digital content stream, wherein the prioritized set of contextual information is displayed more prominently within the generated contextual layer.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing a contextual layer for digital content, the method comprising:

• storing:
• contextual information regarding a digital content stream, wherein different sets of the contextual information is associated with different predefined parts of the digital content stream, and
• one or more prioritization parameters;
• receiving a request from a user device over a communication network, wherein the request concerns context for a scene within the digital content stream;
• identifying that the scene is associated with at least one of the predefined parts of the digital content stream;
• retrieving one or more of the stored sets of contextual information based on the at least one predefined part of the digital content stream, wherein one of the retrieved sets of contextual information is prioritized in accordance with the one or more prioritization parameters, and
• generating a contextual layer based on the retrieved sets of contextual information, wherein the generated contextual layer includes a presentation of the retrieved sets of contextual information to be overlaid on at least part of the scene within the digital content stream, wherein the prioritized set of contextual information is displayed more prominently within the generated contextual layer.