Federated commenting for digital content

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed to share comments regarding a content item presented among via different Internet services. For example, a method for sharing comments among Internet services may include presenting a first content item to a plurality of users over the Internet via a first Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a first comment that is related to the first content item and is received from a user through the Internet; presenting the first comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service; sending the first comment from the first Internet service to a second Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a second comment from the second Internet service, wherein the second comment is different than the first comment; and presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service.

That which is claimed: 
     
         1 . A method for sharing comments among Internet services, the method comprising:
 presenting a first content item to one or more users via the Internet via a first social network;   receiving at the first social network a first comment that is related to the first content item, wherein the first comment is received from a first user through the Internet;   presenting the first comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first social network;   receiving at the first social network a second comment from the second social network, wherein the second social network presents the first content item to one or more users via the Internet, wherein the second comment was received at the second social network from a second user through the Internet, and wherein the second comment is related to the first content item;   presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first social network; and   presenting an aggregated likes count associated with the second comment that includes a sum of likes associated with the second comment from the first social network and likes associated with the second comment from the second social network.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising sending the first comment from the first social network to a second social network. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item includes presenting a name of the second social network or an identifier of the second social network. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second comment is different than the first comment. 
     
     
         5 . A method for sharing comments among Internet services, the method comprising:
 presenting a first content item to one or more users via the Internet via a first social network;   receiving at the first social network a first comment that is related to the first content item, wherein the first comment is received from a first user through the Internet;   presenting the first comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first social network;   receiving at the first social network a second comment from the second social network, wherein the second social network presents the first content item to one or more users via the Internet, wherein the second comment was received at the second social network from a second user through the Internet, and wherein the second comment is related to the first content item;   presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first social network; and   presenting an aggregated score associated with the second comment that includes a first score associated with the second comment from the first social network and a second score associated with the second comment from the second social network.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , further comprising sending the first comment from the first social network to a second social network. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item includes presenting a name of the second social network or an identifier of the second social network. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the second comment is different than the first comment. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 5 , 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 5 , 
     
     
         11 . A method for sharing comments among Internet services, the method comprising:
 determining that a first content item is presented via a first social network;   determining that the first content item is presented via a second social network;   linking the first content item presented via the first social network and the second content item presented via the second social network;   retrieving a first comment presented via the first social network and associated with the first content item; and   sending the first comment to the second social network with an indication that the second comment is associated with the first content item.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the first content item presented via a first social network is linked with the first content item is presented via the second social network in a database. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the database includes a first link to the first content item presented via a first social network and a second link to the second content item presented via a first social network. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the database includes an entry that associates the first content item with the first social network and the second social network. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the database includes links to comments associated with first content item at the first social network or the second social network. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the database includes comments associated with first content item at the first social network or the second social network. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein a federated commenting service determines that a first content item is presented via a first social network and determines that the first content item is presented via a second social network. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the first comment is sent to the second social network with an indication that the first comment is associated with the first social network. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the second comment is sent to the first social network with an indication that the second comment is associated with the second social network. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein a web crawler determines that the first content item is presented via a second social network.