Real-time video commenting

A system for associating video responses with video content, the system comprising;

• a media content server adapted to:
• display a webpage including first video content to a content viewer device over a network, the first video content provided by a content provider;
• responsive to a preference setting associated with the first video content indicating that video responses may be added, display on the web page a link for providing video responses;
• a comment engine, coupled to the media content server, adapted to:
• receive via activation of the link a request from the content viewer to provide a real-time video response to the displayed first video content;
• the media content server, coupled to the comment engine, further adapted to:
• activate a video input device associated with the content viewer device;
• associate the received video response with the displayed first video content, wherein the video response is searchable separately from the first video content commented by the video response, and display of the first video content is updated to include an indicia of the received video response and one or more textual comments on the first video content provided by a plurality of other viewers;
• and
• responsive to receiving from the content provider approval of the received video response, displaying the indicia of the received video response on the web page.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable code for associating video responses with video content, the code adapted to perform steps comprising:

• displaying a web page including first video content to a content viewer device over a network, the first video content provided by a content provider;
• responsive to a preference setting associated with the first video content indicating that video responses may be added, displaying on the web page a link for providing video responses;
• receiving via activation of the link a request from the viewer to provide a video response to the displayed first video content;
• activating a video input device associated with the content viewer device;
• receiving the video response from the viewer via the video input device;
• associating the received video response with the displayed first video content,
• wherein the video response is searchable separately from the first video content commented by the video response, and display of the first video content is updated to include an indicia of the received video response and one or more textual comments on the first video content provided by a plurality of other viewers;
• and
• responsive to receiving from the content provider approval of the received video response, displaying the indicia of the received video response on the web page.