A recommender engine is configured to access memory and surface transmedia content items; and/or linked transmedia content subsets; and/or one or more identifications of identified users; and/or content items of the plurality of transmedia content items associated with at least one identified user. The surfaced items are presented for selection by the given user via the transmedia content linking engine as one or more user-selected transmedia content items.
FIELD OF DISCLOSURE
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system and method for processing transmedia content data. For example, the disclosure provides for identifying and surfacing recommendations of transmedia content to users for processing of transmedia content, and additionally the disclosure also provides for user modelling of users accessing transmedia content data.BACKGROUND
Influenced by a variety of different multimedia content types, new digital distribution channels, mobile communication devices and an ever increasing use of social media, industry is currently experiencing a disruption in how media is created, distributed and consumed. Classical production pipelines have become less effective as audiences move towards anytime, anywhere, personalized consumption, substituting TV-centric models with multi-device, multichannel models. Individual customers and groups of customers have also become more interactive and participatory, contributing significantly to the creation of new media. The cycles in the traditional creation-distribution-consumption loop become much shorter as consumers constantly provide feedback, resulting in a trend towards ultrashort form content.
Existing delivery platforms, for example YouTube and Facebook, allow for the creation and editing of simple channel based content, using a basic model whereby content creators can upload content such as video, text or images, and users can consume the content in an isolated,
1. An apparatus for surfacing transmedia content to a given user of a plurality of users comprising: a memory configured to store: a plurality of transmedia content items, each content item being associated with at least one of the plurality of users; and linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content items, the plurality of transmedia content items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content items and different content links therebetween; a transmedia content linking engine configured to receive user input indicative of a time-ordering between at least two user-selected transmedia content items and generate the content link data for storage in the memory, thereby defining a linked transmedia content subset including the at least two user-selected transmedia content items; and a recommender engine configured to access the memory and surface to the given user: one or more content items of the plurality of transmedia content items; and/or one or more of the linked transmedia content subsets of the linked transmedia content subsets; and/or one or more identifications of identified users other than the given user; and/or the content items of the plurality of transmedia content items associated with at least one identified user other than the given user, wherein the one or more surfaced content items and/or the one or more surfaced linked transmedia content subsets are surfaced for selection by the given user via the transmedia content linking engine as one or more user-selectable transmedia content items.
28. A method for surfacing transmedia content to a given user of a plurality of users from a memory configured to store a plurality of transmedia content items, each content item being associated with at least one of the plurality of users, and linking data which define time-ordered content links between the plurality of transmedia content items, the plurality of transmedia content items being arranged into linked transmedia content subsets comprising different groups of the transmedia content items and different content links therebetween, the method comprising: receiving, at a transmedia content linking engine, user input indicative of a time-ordering between at least two user-selected transmedia content items; generating with the transmedia content linking engine the content linking data for storage in the memory, thereby defining a linked transmedia content subset including the at least two user-selected transmedia content items; and accessing the memory and surfacing to the given user with a recommender engine: one or more content items of the plurality of transmedia content items; and/or one or more of the linked transmedia content subsets of the linked transmedia content subsets; and/or one or more identifications of identified users other than the given user; and/or the content items of the plurality of transmedia content items associated with at least one identified user other than the given user, wherein the one or more surfaced content items and/or the one or more surfaced linked transmedia content subsets are surfaced for selection by the given user via the transmedia content linking engine as one or more user-selectable transmedia content items.