Relevant commentary for media content

Abstract

Methods, products, apparatuses, and systems may provide and/or receive relevant commentary for media content. Additionally, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received in response to rendering a section of the media content. In addition, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on one or more of a preference for a temporal perspective, a preference for a viewpoint, and/or a preference for a state of a social network. Moreover, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on a topic related to the section of the media content. The relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on an authorship independent of a media content access event by an author of the relevant commentary. In addition, an ambiguous section of the media content may be clarified, and/or an interactive commentary session may be simulated.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 detecting a media content access event by a user; and   providing relevant commentary to the user in response to rendering a section of the media content, wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is based on two or more of a preference for a temporal perspective, a preference for a viewpoint, and a preference for a state of a social network.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing initial commentary to the user related to the section;   receiving user commentary in response to the initial commentary; and   providing at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on the user commentary.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on a topic related to the section of the media content;   providing at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on an authorship independent of a media content access event by an author of the relevant commentary;   clarifying an ambiguous section of the media content; and   simulating an interactive commentary session.   
     
     
         4 . A method comprising:
 receiving relevant commentary in response to rendering a section of media content, wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is based on a preference for a temporal perspective.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving initial commentary related to the section;   providing user commentary in response to the initial commentary; and   receiving at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on the user commentary.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on a preference for a viewpoint related to the section of the media content;   receiving at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on a preference for a state of a social network;   receiving at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on a topic related to the section of the media content;   receiving at least a portion of the relevant commentary based on an authorship independent of a media content access event by an author of the relevant commentary;   clarifying an ambiguous section of the media content; and   simulating an interactive commentary session.   
     
     
         7 . A method comprising:
 providing relevant commentary to a user in response to rendering a section of media content, wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is based on a preference for a temporal perspective.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 providing initial commentary to the user related to the section;   receiving user commentary in response to the initial commentary; and   providing at least a portion of the relevant commentary based the user commentary.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the media content and the initial commentary are from a past time period, the user commentary is from a present time period, and the portion of the relevant commentary is from the past time period based on the preference for a past perspective. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the media content is from a past time period, the initial commentary and the user commentary are from a present time period, and the portion of the relevant commentary is from the present time period based on the preference for a present perspective. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the portion of the relevant commentary is from a present time period and a past time period based on the preference for a present perspective and a past perspective. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is provided based on a preference for a viewpoint related to the section. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the viewpoint is derived from one or more of a user statement, user history information, and the section of the media content. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the relevant commentary is provided based on one or more of a viewpoint agreement, a viewpoint disagreement, and a viewpoint neutrality. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is provided based on a preference for a state of a social network. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is provided based on a topic to be related to the section of the media content. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the topic is derived from a comment expressed by one or more of the user and the media content. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the relevant commentary is provided based on an authorship independent of a media content access event by an author of the relevant commentary. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising clarifying an ambiguous section of the media content. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising simulating an interactive commentary session.