Group curated media channels

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11212327-B2
Application number	US-201916534681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2019
Priority date	Nov 15, 2013
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A system for collaboratively generating and/or managing a media channel is provided. The system includes an identification component, a generation component and a permissions component. The identification component identifies a first set of media content associated with a first social group and a second set of media content associated with a second social group. The generation component generates a media channel based on the first and second sets of media content identified as being respectively associated with the first and second social groups. The permissions component grants access to the media channel based at least on permissions generated for the first and second sets of media content in connection with the respective first and second social groups.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for presenting media content, the method comprising:
generating a page associated with a social group for presenting a media channel, wherein the media channel includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media channel provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media channel;
receiving, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media channel;
in response to receiving the request to add the media content item to the media channel, adding the media content item to the media channel; and
causing the page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the page associated with the social group is a chat interface associated with the social group.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the page associated with the social group is a private asynchronous video chat between the plurality of users in the social group.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of users in the social group is associated with a certain range of a location.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining location information associated with users associated with the social group, wherein the plurality of users in the social group are provided with access to the media channel presented in the page based on the location information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the location information includes a wireless communications network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the media channel presented in the page associated with the social group is based on membership in the social group.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content item added to the media channel by the user device was generated by the user device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the page to be updated to include the added media content item comprises attribution of the addition of the media content item to the media channel to the user associated with the user device.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a notification that the page associated with the social group has been updated to include the added media content item to a second user device associated with a second user included in the plurality of users of the social group.

11. A system for presenting media content, the system comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor that, when executing computer executable instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:
generate a page associated with a social group for presenting a media channel, wherein the media channel includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media channel provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media channel;
receive, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media channel;
in response to receiving the request to add the media content item to the media channel, add the media content item to the media channel; and
cause the page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the page associated with the social group is a chat interface associated with the social group.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the page associated with the social group is a private asynchronous video chat between the plurality of users in the social group.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of users in the social group is associated with a certain range of a location.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine location information associated with users associated with the social group, wherein the plurality of users in the social group are provided with access to the media channel presented in the page based on the location information.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the location information includes a wireless communications network.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein access to the media channel presented in the page associated with the social group is based on membership in the social group.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media content item added to the media channel by the user device was generated by the user device.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein causing the page to be updated to include the added media content item comprises attribution of the addition of the media content item to the media channel to the user associated with the user device.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to transmit a notification that the page associated with the social group has been updated to include the added media content item to a second user device associated with a second user included in the plurality of users of the social group.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting media content, the method comprising:
generating a page associated with a social group for presenting a media channel, wherein the media channel includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media channel provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media channel;
receiving, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media channel;
in response to receiving the request to add the media content item to the media channel, adding the media content item to the media channel; and
causing the page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• Ray Jonathan William

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• H04N21/252 Primary

  Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data · CPC title

• H04L63/104

  Grouping of entities · CPC title

• H04L67/566

  Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title