Content annotation tool

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• automatically identifying an entity in a movie using a technique selected from the group consisting of:
• face recognition, voice recognition, object recognition, individual characteristic recognition, scene break recognition, object tracking, speech recognition, and audio recognition;
• obtaining supplemental content for the entity identified in the movie;
• subsequently, receiving an update to the supplemental content for the identified entity in the movie, wherein the update to the supplemental content modifies or replaces the supplemental content;
• providing the movie;
• receiving, from a user, a query for information related to a location of the user, wherein the query is received by an input method during playback of the movie;
• retrieving, from a database, the information related to the location and at least one item of the supplemental content, of the update to the supplemental content about the identified entity, related to the location, wherein the database comprises a plurality of automatically identified entities for a plurality of movies and corresponding supplemental content;
• and
• providing, to the user, a response to the query wherein the response includes the update to the supplemental content.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving supplemental content;
• storing the supplemental content;
• obtaining content;
• automatically identifying an entity in the content using a technique selected from the group consisting of:
• face recognition, voice recognition, object recognition, individual characteristic recognition, scene break recognition, object tracking, speech recognition, and audio recognition;
• subsequent to receipt of the supplemental content, receiving an update to the supplemental content about the identified entity within the content, wherein the update to the supplemental content modifies or replaces the supplemental content;
• retrieving a portion of the update to the supplemental content based on the entity;
• storing a database entry that links the identified entity with the portion of the update to the supplemental content while the entity is present in the content;
• providing, to a user, a portion of the content, the portion of the content including the identified entity;
• receiving, from the user, a request for information related to a location of the user and based upon the portion of the content and the identified entity;
• and
• responsive to the request, providing, to the user, the information related to the location and at least one item of the supplemental content, of the update to the supplemental content, related to the location.