Sharing Television and Video Programming Through Social Networking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016165265-A1
Application number	US-201615046179-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 17, 2016
Priority date	Apr 5, 2012
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In particular embodiments a social networking system may receive from an external system outside the social-networking system, a request comprising a user identifier associated with a user of the social-networking system, query a social graph for stories generated by one or more connections of the user on the social-networking system, and transmit the stories to the external system. Similarly the social networking system may receive, from an external system outside of the social networking system, a request comprising a user identifier associated with a user of the social networking system, a content identifier, and a action performed by the user on the content identifier, generate a story for the received request, and publish the story to one or more connections of the user on the social networking system.

First claim

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:
receiving, over one or more computer networks, an indication that a user has selected an option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future without any further explicit action from the user; and automatically posting, after receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future, new stories on a website as the user watches new media content, each new story comprising an indication of the particular new media content being watched by the user.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the new stories are automatically posted on the website only if the user has continuously watched the new media content longer than a predetermined amount of time.

23 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
before receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories, displaying to the user a dialog box requesting permission to passively post stories that the user watches in the future, the dialog box comprising the selectable option to passively post stories.

24 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
receiving, over the one or more computer networks, privacy settings that the user has selected for the passively posted stores, the privacy settings indicating which friends of the user may view the new stores posted to the website as the user watches new media content; and providing the new stories for viewing in newsfeeds of the friends of the user according to the received privacy settings.

25 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
providing for display to the user a visible indication to alert the user that the new stories about media content that the user watches are being passively posted on the website.

26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the visible indication comprises a graphical element displayed along with current media content being viewed by the user.

27 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the visible indication comprises a border of a specific color that surrounds current media content being viewed by the user.

28 . One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed by one or more processors to:
receive, at a computing system over one or more computer networks, an indication that a user has selected an option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future without any further explicit action from the user; and automatically post, after receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future, new stories on a website as the user watches new media content, each new story comprising an indication of the particular new media content being watched by the user.

29 . The media of claim 28 , wherein the new stories are automatically posted on the website only if the user has continuously watched the new media content longer than a predetermined amount of time.

30 . The media of claim 28 , the logic when executed by the one or more processors further operable to:
before receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories, display to the user a dialog box requesting permission to passively post stories that the user watches in the future, the dialog box comprising the selectable option to passively post stories.

31 . The media of claim 28 , the logic when executed by the one or more processors further operable to:
receive, over the one or more computer networks, privacy settings that the user has selected for the passively posted stores, the privacy settings indicating which friends of the user may view the new stores posted to the website as the user watches new media content; and provide the new stories for viewing in newsfeeds of the friends of the user according to the received privacy settings.

32 . The media of claim 28 , the logic when executed by the one or more processors further operable to:
providing for display to the user a visible indication to alert the user that the new stories about media content that the user watches are being passively posted on the website.

33 . The media of claim 32 , wherein the visible indication comprises a graphical element displayed along with current media content being viewed by the user.

34 . The media of claim 32 , wherein the visible indication comprises a border of a specific color that surrounds current media content being viewed by the user.

35 . A system comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memory units communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable when executing the instructions to:
receive, over one or more computer networks, an indication that a user has selected an option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future without any further explicit action from the user; and
automatically post, after receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories about media content that the user watches in the future, new stories on a website as the user watches new media content, each new story comprising an indication of the particular new media content being watched by the user.

36 . The system of claim 35 , wherein the new stories are automatically posted on the website only if the user has continuously watched the new media content longer than a predetermined amount of time.

37 . The system of claim 35 , the one or more processors further operable when executing the instructions to:
before receiving the indication that the user has selected the option to passively post stories, display to the user a dialog box requesting permission to passively post stories that the user watches in the future, the dialog box comprising the selectable option to passively post stories.

38 . The system of claim 35 , the one or more processors further operable when executing the instructions to:
receive, over the one or more computer networks, privacy settings that the user has selected for the passively posted stores, the privacy settings indicating which friends of the user may view the new stores posted to the website as the user watches new media content; and provide the new stories for viewing in newsfeeds of the friends of the user according to the received privacy settings.

39 . The system of claim 35 , the one or more processors further operable when executing the instructions to:
providing for display to the user a visible indication to alert the user that the new stories about media content that the user watches are being passively posted on the website.

40 . The system of claim 39 , wherein the visible indication comprises:
a graphical element displayed along with current media content being viewed by the user, or a border of a specific color that surrounds current media content being viewed by the user.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Archibong Ime
• Badros Gregory Joseph
• Marlow Cameron Alexander
• Heynen Mark
• Shaffer Justin Alexander
• Cox Christopher

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• H04N21/4828

  for searching programme descriptors (retrieval of video data G06F16/739) · CPC title

• H04N21/6125

  involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82) · CPC title

• H04N21/00 Primary

  Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] (real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 {; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18}) · CPC title

• H04N21/4345

  Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream · CPC title