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US 10,762,582 B2Granted
System and method of sharing content consumption information
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsThirunarayanan Srinivasan, Andrew LaGrossa, Corey Farrell, Mehul Patel
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to identifying a user consuming content so that the user can share information on a social network communication service. Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting reactions to the content and transmitting information to a social networking service associated with the user.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- determining, that a content has been output for more than a threshold time duration;
- causing, after determining that the content has been output for more than the threshold time duration, an image capturing device to capture an image of a user consuming the content;
- retrieving, based on an identity of the user, authentication information for a social network;
- comparing, by a computing device, the image of the user to a plurality of predefined expressions, and finding a matching expression;
- and
- sending, to a server of the social network:
- the authentication information;
- and
- instructions for posting, to the social network, a message indicating an identity of the content and the matching expression.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device and from one or more segments of content, a reaction-generating segment;
- inserting, into the content, a tag associated with the reaction-generating segment, wherein the tag indicates a type of user from which to collect reaction data associated the reaction-generating segment;
- and
- capturing, based on determining that the content has been output to a user of the indicated type for at least a threshold time duration, reaction data of the user of the indicated type.
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A method comprising:
- after determining that a threshold amount of time has elapsed since a service change, receiving, by a computing device and based on an image of a user, reaction information indicating a reaction, of the user, to content;
- identifying the user based on the reaction information;
- identifying the content;
- retrieving, for the identified user, authentication information for a social network;
- and
- sending, to the social network:
- the authentication information,
- information indicating an identity of the content, and
- instructions for posting, to the social network, a predefined expression associated with the social network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.