Systems, apparatus and methods for topic extraction from digital media and real-time display of digital content relating to one or more extracted topics

A method, comprising:

• A) transmitting a request from a viewer client device, via at least one webserver, to embed secondary digital content in a topic extraction platform (TEP) unit on a webpage or in an application view of an app displayed on the viewer client device, wherein:
• the webpage or the application view of the app displayed on the viewer client device includes primary digital content;
• and
• the secondary digital content to embed relates to a first topic present in the primary digital content;
• B) receiving at the viewer client device, via the at least one webserver, the secondary digital content for embedding in the TEP unit on the webpage or in the application view of the app displayed on the viewer client device, wherein the secondary digital content is derived from topic information retrieved via at least one control server from at least one topic information provider;
• and
• C) receiving at the viewer client device, via a persistent connection to a dedicated topic socket of at least one socket server coupled to the at least one control server, updated secondary digital content derived from updated topic information retrieved via the at least one control server from the at least one topic information provider.

A method, comprising:

• A) receiving a request from a viewer client device, via at least one webserver, to embed secondary digital content in a topic extraction platform (TEP) unit on a webpage or in an application view of an app displayed on the viewer client device, wherein:
• the webpage or the application view of the app displayed on the viewer client device includes primary digital content;
• and
• the secondary digital content to embed relates to a first topic present in the primary digital content;
• B) processing at least some of the primary digital content to determine a plurality of topics present in the primary digital content;
• C) ranking and/or filtering the plurality of topics to determine a prioritized list of topics;
• D) selecting the first topic from the prioritized list of topics;
• E) retrieving from at least one topic information provider, via at least one control server, topic information relating to the first topic;
• F) transmitting to the viewer client device, via the at least one webserver, the secondary digital content for embedding in the TEP unit on the webpage or in the application view of the app displayed on the viewer client device, wherein the secondary digital content is derived from the topic information retrieved via the at least one control server from the at least one topic information provider;
• G) retrieving from the at least one topic information provider, via the at least one control server, updated topic information relating to the first topic;
• H) establishing a persistent connection with the viewer client device via a dedicated topic socket of at least one socket server coupled to the at least one control server;
• and
• I) transmitting to the viewer client device, via the dedicated topic socket of the at least one socket server coupled to the control server, updated secondary digital content derived from the updated topic information retrieved via the at least one control server from the at least one topic information provider.

A system for controlling a viewer client device to receive secondary digital content relating to at least one topic present in primary digital content displayed in a webpage or an application view on a display of the viewer client device, the system comprising:

• A) a control server to periodically retrieve, via the Internet, topic information relating to the at least one topic present in the primary digital content;
• B) at least one socket server communicatively coupled to the control server to:
• receive from the control server the topic information;
• and
• transmit at least some of the topic information to the viewer client device via a first topic information Internet communication channel between a first topic socket of the at least one socket server and the viewer client device, wherein the first topic socket corresponds to the topic information;
• and
• C) at least one webserver communicatively coupled to the at least one socket server and the at least one control server to:
• C1) receive a first request from the viewer client device to embed the secondary digital content in a topic extraction platform (TEP) unit on the webpage or in the application view on the display of the viewer client device;
• C2) facilitate processing of at least some of the primary digital content to determine a plurality of topics present in the primary digital content;
• C3) facilitate ranking and/or filtering the plurality of topics to determine a prioritized list of topics;
• C4) facilitate selecting the first topic from the prioritized list of topics;
• C5) transmit to the viewer client device the secondary digital content for embedding in the TEP unit, wherein the secondary digital content is derived from the topic information retrieved via the at least one control server from the at least one topic information provider;
• and
• C6) transmit to the viewer client device a first socket address of the first topic socket to establish the first topic information Internet communication channel to carry the topic information to provide updates to the secondary digital content.