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US 12,675,205 B2Granted
Systems and methods for interactively displaying user images
OwnerDaniel Kaufmaninventor
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, an interactive user display application is provided. The application displays and refreshes images that are intended to represent users or members of a social network or other web-based service. Using these images, the interactive user display application allows a user of the application to interact with other users or their profiles while viewing their images or while interacting with or consuming media.
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A method for facilitating connectivity between users, the method comprising:
- displaying, in a first portion of a user interface, a media player that receives a media stream of a plurality of media streams, wherein each of the plurality of media streams is selected based on music preferences associated with a user account and wherein each of the plurality of media streams is received from one or more media servers;
- displaying, in a second portion of the user interface, a plurality of selectable user images based on relationship information associated with the user account, wherein each of the plurality of selectable user images represents another user account that is connected to the user account;
- receiving media consumption information corresponding to a plurality of user accounts from the one or more media servers;
- in response to receiving the media consumption information from the one or more media servers, determining whether the media consumption information, user interactions with the media player, and a predetermined time elapsing correspond to at least one of the plurality of selectable user images currently being displayed in the second portion of the user interface;
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- in response to determining that at least the portion of the media consumption information, the user interactions with the media player, and the predetermined time elapsing correspond to at least one of the plurality of selectable user images currently being displayed in the second portion of the user interface, automatically updating, without receiving input from a user of the user account, the plurality of selectable user images being displayed in the second portion of the user interface with the portion of the media consumption information.
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A method for facilitating connectivity between users, the method comprising:
- displaying, in a first portion of a user interface, a media player that receives a media stream of a plurality of media streams, wherein each of the plurality of media streams is selected based on music preferences associated with a user account and wherein each of the plurality of media streams is received from one or more media servers;
- displaying, in a second portion of the user interface, a plurality of selectable user images based on relationship information associated with the user account, wherein each of the plurality of selectable user images represents a member account that is registered with a media service that provides the media player and that is connected to the user account via a social network;
- receiving media consumption information corresponding to a plurality of user accounts from the one or more media servers;
- in response to receiving the media consumption information from the one or more media servers, determining whether the media consumption information, user interactions with the media player, and a predetermined time elapsing correspond to at least one of the plurality of selectable user images currently being displayed in the second portion of the user interface;
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- in response to determining that at least the portion of the media consumption information, the user interactions with the media player, and the predetermined time elapsing correspond to at least one of the plurality of selectable user images currently being displayed in the second portion of the user interface, automatically updating, without receiving input from a user of the user account, the plurality of selectable user images being displayed in the second portion of the user interface with the portion of the media consumption information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.