System and method for social interaction about content items such as movies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10856048-B2
Application number	US-201916537688-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2019
Priority date	Dec 30, 2010
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for sharing movie information online. In one implementation, the user of an online movie service can share information about the contents of a library or other such rights locker, e.g., under Ultraviolet™ and DECE. Users may also share likes and dislikes. The movie service may make suggestions based on the contents of the user's library and the contents of other user's libraries, such as those of the user's designated friends. A user can become a follower or fan of another user and receive recommendations based on the target user's profile or specific recommendations made by the target. The user can receive a credit on their account or on a related account when another user makes a purchase that is attributable to that user, e.g., from a recommendation. A user may be designated as an influencer when followed by a sufficient number of other users.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of sharing information about a content item associated with a rights administrator service, comprising:
receiving a feed from a rights administrator service, the feed including information about a content item and
the feed further including tags compliant with an API exposed by a server operated by a social networking site, wherein the content item is part of a user library associated with a user account with the rights administrator service; and
incorporating the feed within an application on the social networking site or as an entry on one or more pages associated with a user account on the social networking site as native social networking content;
wherein the social networking site includes information about an influencer account having an influencer library, and further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items based on the influencer library.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the one or more pages, or the application, to implement one or more native social networking features.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more native social networking features include one or more of: posting a comment, link, or content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items based on the user library on the rights administrator service or based on the user library on the social networking site, or both.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the social networking site includes information about a friends list associated with the user account or about entries on the friends list associated with respective friend's libraries on the social networking site or rights administrator service, and further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items based on the friend's library on the social networking site or rights administrator service.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more recommendations of content items from user accounts on a user's friends list or from influencer accounts, and transmitting the recommendations to the user account.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving data from an external site, and further comprising providing one or more additional recommendations based at least in part on the external site data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the entry is selectable by a viewer of the social networking site, and wherein if selection of the entry results in a transaction of a product or service associated with the content item, further comprising providing a credit to the user account or to an account associated with the user account.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the entry includes a link to a clip of the content item.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items or potential new friends based on the user library to users not associated with the user account and not associated with the friends list.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating a virtual club based on one or more user libraries, the libraries bearing a similarity in metadata associated with the content items therein.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising designating a user account as an influencer account, once the user account is associated with a predetermined threshold number of fans, followers, or friends.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rights administrator service is associated with one or more content providers.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computing machine to perform the method of claim 1 .

15. A method of sharing information about a content item associated with a rights administrator service, comprising:
receiving a feed from a rights administrator service, the feed including information about a selected content item and the feed further including tags compliant with an API exposed by a server operated by a social networking site, wherein the content item is part of a user library associated with a user account with the rights administrator service; and
incorporating the feed within an application on the social networking site or as an entry on one or more pages associated with a user account on the social networking site as native social networking content;
wherein the social networking site includes information about an influencer account having an influencer library, and wherein the content item is selected based at least in part on the influencer library.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items based on the user library on the rights administrator service or based on the user library on the social networking site, or both.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the social networking site includes information about a friends list associated with the user account or about entries on the friends list associated with respective friend's libraries on the social networking site or rights administrator service, and further comprising providing one or more recommendations of additional content items based on the friend's library on the social networking site or rights administrator service.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving data from an external site, and further comprising providing one or more additional recommendations based at least in part on the external site data.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the entry is selectable by a viewer of the social networking site, and wherein if selection of the entry results in a transaction of a product or service associated with the content item, further comprising providing a credit to the user account or to an account associated with the user account.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the entry includes a link to a clip of the content item.

21. The method of claim 15 , further comprising designating a user account as an influencer account, once the user account is associated with a predetermined threshold number of fans, followers, or friends.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Sony Pictures Tech Inc

Inventors

• Berger Richard

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• G06Q10/44

  Identification of trends within social networks, e.g. identification of trending topics · CPC title

• G06Q10/48

  using social graphs · CPC title

• G06Q10/42

  Determination of affinities or common interests between users · CPC title

• G06Q10/46

  Determination of level of influence of users within social networking services · CPC title