Method and system for providing a content notification for a set-top box

A system for providing a content notification, comprising:

• a processor operable to execute a set of instructions;
• and
• a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium in communication with the processor, the computer readable medium operable configured to store a set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions when executed using the processor causes the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving security information at a computer, the security information comprising identification information for a user assigned to a set-top box;
• servicing, with the computer, a request to create a content notification rule for the set-top box, in response to successful entry of security information, the content notification rule pertaining to a particular television program;
• generating a first content notification rule in response to the request;
• receiving third party usage information for a third party associated with the user on a social network, wherein the third party usage information identifies media content received by the third party at a set-top box associated with the third party;
• creating one or more social notification preferences and one or more corresponding social notification rules based on the third party usage information;
• generating a second content notification based on the one or more corresponding social notification rules;
• receiving, with the computer, content preferences indicating content of interest to the user;
• generating, with the computer, a web-based content feed in response to the content preferences;
• determining, with the computer, whether at least one portion of the web-based content feed relates to media content currently broadcasting;
• based on a determination that at least one portion of the web-based content feed relates to media content currently broadcasting, inserting, with the computer, one or more links to the media content currently broadcasting into the web-based content feed;
• displaying, on a display device, one or more first television programs, wherein the web-based content feed comprising the one or more links to the media content currently broadcasting is displayed along with the one or more first television programs, and wherein the one or more links to the media content currently broadcasting is unassociated with the one or more first television programs being displayed;
• and
• sending a content notification to the user based on the content notification rule.