Sharing television and video programming through social networking
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsCameron Alexander Marlow, David Harry Garcia, Erick Tseng, Brian Krausz
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Abstract
In particular embodiments a social networking system may receive authorization from a first user of a social-networking system to control at least in part one or more functions of a set-top box (STB) of the first user, determine one or more social actions of one or more second users of the social-networking system, determine one or more instructions for the STB of the first user based at least in part on the social actions, and provide the instructions for the STB of the first user. The social-networking system includes a graph having a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- by a computer system, determining media content that a friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- by the computer system, sending an authorization message to the user, the authorization message being an email or a text message comprising:
- a selectable option operable to permit the user to provide their approval to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch;
- a visual indication of the friend or connection of the user;
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- a visual indication of the determined media content that the friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- and
- by the computer system, in response to the user selecting the selectable option within the authorization message, providing one or more instructions for a digital video recorder (DVR) of the user to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch.
A system, comprising:
- one or more memory devices;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor operable to:
- determine media content that a friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- send an authorization message to the user, the authorization message being an email or a text message comprising:
- a selectable option operable to permit the user to provide their approval to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch;
- a visual indication of the friend or connection of the user;
- and
- a visual indication of the determined media content that the friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- and
- in response to the user selecting the selectable option within the authorization message, provide one or more instructions for a digital video recorder (DVR) of the user to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch.
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:
- determine media content that a friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- send an authorization message to the user, the authorization message being an email or a text message comprising:
- a selectable option operable to permit the user to provide their approval to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch;
- a visual indication of the friend or connection of the user;
- and
- a visual indication of the determined media content that the friend or connection of a user is planning to watch;
- and
- in response to the user selecting the selectable option within the authorization message, provide one or more instructions for a digital video recorder (DVR) of the user to record the media content that the friend or connection of the user is planning to watch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.