Sharing television and video programming through social networking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10142681-B2
Application number	US-201715680752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2012
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine available media content from one or more content sources and query a social graph of a social-networking system for social content associated with a user of the social-networking system. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, using the social content and the available media content, a plurality of social coefficients for the user, determine, based on the determined social coefficients, recommended media content for the user, and provide the recommended media content for display in a programming guide on a display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
by one or more computer systems, providing a plurality of media items to display in a media queue on a display device;
by the one or more computer systems, receiving an indication that a user has selected a user-selectable option displayed on the display device, the user-selectable option configured to add a particular show or movie to the media queue; and
by the one or more computer systems, in response to receiving the indication that the user has selected the user-selectable option, automatically posting to a communication system a message indicating that the user is planning to watch the particular show or movie.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device comprises one of:
a smartphone;
a computer;
a digital music device;
a tablet computer; or
a television.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media queue is displayed in a programming guide on the display device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the programming guide comprises a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to respective media content; and
each particular entry of the programming guide comprises a facepile, the facepile comprising images representing other users who are currently watching, planning to watch, or who have previously liked the media content of the particular entry.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the programming guide is configured to hide any channel numbers.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
by the one or more computer systems, providing one or more sponsored items for display in the media queue.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
by the one or more computer systems, providing a recommendation queue for display on the display device, the recommendation queue comprising media content that has been recommended by one or more other users of the communication system.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of media items in the media queue are dynamically updated.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:
provide a plurality of media items to display in a media queue on a display device;
receive an indication that a user has selected a user-selectable option displayed on the display device, the user-selectable option configured to add a particular show or movie to the media queue; and
in response to receiving the indication that the user has selected the user-selectable option, automatically post to a communication system a message indicating that the user is planning to watch the particular show or movie.

10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the display device comprises one of:
a smartphone;
a computer;
a digital music device;
a tablet computer; or
a television.

11. The media of claim 9 , wherein the media queue is displayed in a programming guide on the display device.

12. The media of claim 11 , wherein:
the programming guide comprises a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to respective media content; and
each particular entry of the programming guide comprises a facepile, the facepile comprising images representing other users who are currently watching, planning to watch, or who have previously liked the media content of the particular entry.

13. The media of claim 11 , wherein the programming guide is configured to hide any channel numbers.

14. The media of claim 9 , logic further operable when executed to:
provide one or more sponsored items for display in the media queue.

15. The media of claim 9 , the logic further operable when executed to:
provide a recommendation queue for display on the display device, the recommendation queue comprising media content that has been recommended by one or more other users of the communication system.

16. The media of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of media items in the media queue are dynamically updated.

17. A system comprising:
one or more memory devices; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the one or more processors operable to:
provide a plurality of media items to display in a media queue on a display device;
receive an indication that a user has selected a user-selectable option displayed on the display device, the user-selectable option configured to add a particular show or movie to the media queue; and
in response to receiving the indication that the user has selected the user-selectable option, automatically post to a communication system a message indicating that the user is planning to watch the particular show or movie.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the media queue is displayed in a programming guide on the display device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein:
the programming guide comprises a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to respective media content; and
each particular entry of the programming guide comprises a facepile, the facepile comprising images representing other users who are currently watching, planning to watch, or who have previously liked the media content of the particular entry.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the programming guide is configured to hide any channel numbers.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Archibong Ime
• Campbell Colin Cameron Brennan
• Daniel Robert
• Garcia David Harry
• Haugen Austin
• Heynen Mark
• Krausz Brian
• Toksvig Michael John Mckenzie
• Tseng Erick
• Wong Yoon Kean

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04N21/8547

  involving timestamps for synchronizing content · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/632

  using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices (broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104) · CPC title