# US 2014/0156759 A1 · Methods, Systems, and Products for Obtaining Social Communities > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156759 A1 - Document ID: US20140156759A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/173,999 - Filed: 2014-02-06 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2007-09-13 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Brian K. Daigle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156759A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06F 16/9536: Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering - G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04N 21/4334: {Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27)} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Social communities are recommended based on media affinity. When content is scheduled for recording, a media identifier is used to identify a social community expressing an affinity for the same media identifier. The social community may be any individual(s), clubs, and/or organizations that have expressed any affinity to terms or subject matter, such as the media identifier. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for updating a social community, comprising: receiving, at a server, a recording schedule identifying content to be recorded by a client device; determining a cancelation of an entry in the recording schedule that was previously scheduled for recording by the client device; retrieving a network address of the social community that is associated with the content canceled from the recording; and sending, from the server, a community removal message to the network address to remove the client device from a membership in the social community. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising enrolling the client device in the membership of the social community. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting the entry in the recording schedule. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a buddy address of the client device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the buddy address from the membership in the social community. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising prompting to remove the client device from the membership in the social community. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a recording cancelation message. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a recording schedule identifying content to be recorded by a client device; determining a cancelation of an entry in the recording schedule that was previously scheduled for recording by the client device; retrieving a network address of the social community that is associated with the content canceled from the recording; and sending a community removal message to the network address to remove the client device from a membership in the social community. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise enrolling the client device in the membership of the social community. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise deleting the entry in the recording schedule. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining a buddy address of the client device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise removing the buddy address from the membership in the social community. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise prompting to remove the client device from the membership in the social community. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a recording cancelation message. ### Claim 15 A memory storing code that when executed causes a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a recording schedule identifying content to be recorded by a client device; determining a cancelation of an entry in the recording schedule that was previously scheduled for recording by the client device; retrieving a network address of the social community that is associated with the content canceled from the recording; and sending a community removal message to the network address to remove the client device from a membership in the social community. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise enrolling the client device in the membership of the social community. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise deleting the entry in the recording schedule. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining a buddy address of the client device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise removing the buddy address from the membership in the social community. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise prompting to remove the client device from the membership in the social community.