Abstract: A media source receives an audio/video feed of a live event and provides a first copy of the audio/video feed from a first media server endpoint to a first client device. The media source receives from the first client device a composite outgoing stream of the audio/video feed and additional video content. The media source provides a first copy of the composite outgoing stream from a second media server endpoint. A webserver transmits first instructions to a second client device to cause the second client device to: 1) connect to the second media server endpoint so as to receive, on a first communication channel, the first copy of the composite outgoing stream, and 2) connect to a socket of a socket server to receive, on a second communication channel, first digital content corresponding to first event information.

Abstract: A webpage or an application view of an app displayed on a viewer device includes primary digital content. A request from the viewer device is transmitted and received, via at least one webserver, to embed secondary digital content in a topic extraction platform (TEP) unit on the displayed webpage or application view. The secondary digital content relates to a topic present in and extracted from the primary digital content, and is derived from topic information about the topic retrieved via a control server from a topic information provider. A persistent connection is established between the viewer device and a dedicated socket of a socket server coupled to the control server to push updated secondary digital content to the viewer device for embedding in the TEP unit. One example of primary digital content includes a news article about a sports team, for which secondary digital content including betting information regarding an upcoming event involving the sports team may be embedded in the TEP unit.

Abstract: Instructions are transmitted to first and second client devices to facilitate rendering of a video relating to an event (e.g., a broadcast of a live sporting event) together with event information (e.g., score information, online gaming information, team/player statistics). The first and second client devices are both instructed to receive the event information from an event socket of a socket server so that both client devices are synchronized and client-by-client latency is significantly reduced or mitigated. In one example, viewer latency between the event and the rendered video is on the order of two seconds or less. Event information is regularly updated at the event socket to also significantly reduce latency between the video and the event information. Event information may be rendered as one or more user-interactive features overlaid on or adjacent to the video.

Abstract: Instructions are received at, or transferred to, a client device that includes a display, to cause the display to render a video relating to a sporting event and also render online gaming information. The instructions cause the client device to: receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to a replay video of a recording relating to the sporting event; render the replay video based on the first digital content; receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the online gaming information, wherein at least some of the online gaming information relates to at least one bet; and render the online gaming information based on the second digital content, wherein the rendered online gaming information includes at least one interactive display widget that renders display content relating to the at least one bet.

Abstract: A broadcaster device generates a live stream including video-based commentary regarding a live event combined with an audio and/or video feed of the live event itself. A viewer device receives a copy of the integrated live event and commentator stream and synchronized event information (e.g., real-time scores), and displays the integrated stream and the event information (e.g., as a “scorebug”). Viewers of a given live event may seamlessly select amongst different broadcasters for the same live event to access different integrated live event and commentator streams respectively synchronized with the event information. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream, and send digital gifts.

Abstract: Multiple broadcasters create live streams of digital content relating to live events, and multiple viewers of each broadcaster receive copies of the live streams. Viewer latency is significantly reduced, and event information relating to live events is synchronized amongst all broadcasters and viewers of live streams relating to the same event. Scalable and flexible access to live streams is provided to different types and numbers of viewers with different qualities of service. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events, to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream and send digital gifts. In one example, the broadcasters' digital content relates to live sporting events, and studio-quality graphics and animations are provided on mobile client devices in tandem with the broadcasters' digital content and social networking functionality.

Abstract: Instructions are transmitted to a client device that includes a display. The instructions cause the display to render a video relating to a sporting event and also render online gaming information relating to the sporting event. In one example, the instructions cause the first client device to: receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the video relating to the first sporting event; render, on the display of the client device, the video relating to the sporting event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel; receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the online gaming information; and render, on the display of the client device, the online gaming information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel.

Abstract: Multiple broadcasters create live streams of digital content relating to live events, and multiple viewers of each broadcaster receive copies of the live streams. Viewer latency is significantly reduced, and event information relating to live events is synchronized amongst all broadcasters and viewers of live streams relating to the same event. Scalable and flexible access to live streams is provided to different types and numbers of viewers with different qualities of service. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events, to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream and send digital gifts. In one example, the broadcasters' digital content relates to live sporting events, and studio-quality graphics and animations are provided on mobile client devices in tandem with the broadcasters' digital content and social networking functionality.

Abstract: Multiple broadcasters create live streams of digital content relating to live events, and multiple viewers of each broadcaster receive copies of the live streams. Viewer latency is significantly reduced, and event information relating to live events is synchronized amongst all broadcasters and viewers of live streams relating to the same event. Scalable and flexible access to live streams is provided to different types and numbers of viewers with different qualities of service. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events, to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream, and send digital gifts.