Content notification on online social networks for media-player devices

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive, by one or more computing devices of an online social network from a first client system of a first user of the online social network, an indication that the first client system has determined a media-player device is within a threshold distance to the first client system, wherein the indication comprises information of the media-player device;
• determine, by the one or more computing devices, one or more media-content items that are available on the particular media-player device based on the information of the media-player device;
• access, by the one or more computing devices, content information associated with the one or more media-content items, the one or more media-content items being accessible to the first user via the media-player device, wherein the content information indicates one or more attributes of the respective media-content item;
• access, by the one or more computing devices, responsive to the received indication that the first client system has determined the media-player device is within the threshold distance to the first client system, social-networking information of the first user;
• select, by the one or more computing devices, a media-content item of the one or more media-content items based on the content information of the media-content item and the social-networking information of the first user;
• and
• send, by the one or more computing devices, a customized notification to the first client system, the customized notification comprising a reference to the selected media-content item and a deep link to the media-player device, the deep link being selectable by the first user, wherein the deep link comprises instructions for presenting the selected media-content item on a display device coupled to the media-player device.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive, by one or more computing devices of an online social network from a first client system of a first user of the online social network, an indication that the first client system has determined a media-player device is within a threshold distance to the first client system, wherein the indication comprises information of the media-player device;
• determine, by the one or more computing devices, one or more media-content items that are available on the particular media-player device based on the information of the media-player device;
• access, by the one or more computing devices, content information associated with the one or more media-content items, the one or more media-content items being accessible to the first user via the media-player device, wherein the content information indicates one or more attributes of the respective media-content item;
• access, by the one or more computing devices, responsive to the received indication that the first client system has determined the media-player device is within the threshold distance to the first client system, social-networking information of the first user;
• select, by the one or more computing devices, a media-content item of the one or more media-content items based on the content information of the media-content item and the social-networking information of the first user;
• and
• send, by the one or more computing devices, a customized notification to the first client system, the customized notification comprising a reference to the selected media-content item and a deep link to the media-player device, the deep link being selectable by the first user, wherein the deep link comprises instructions for presenting the selected media-content item on a display device coupled to the media-player device.