Content guide and/or content channels to provide trending content associated with social media
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorsYousef Wasef Nijim, James Alan Strothmann, Jay Paul Langa
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Abstract
Trending content items from the user's social network(s) are provided in the form of one or more channel(s) or a guide. Various social networks of the user may be analyzed and the trending content may identified and sorted based on one or more of popularity, availability, etc. The trending content items may be updated automatically and/or dynamically to reflect any changes in trends based on spikes in discussions, like/dislike feedback, etc. The trending content items may be personalized based on the user's social networks and may differ for various user profiles within the same household.
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A method of creating a trending content channel of a trending content guide based on social media comprising:
- identifying a user;
- identifying social networks;
- identifying one or more trending content items within the social networks based on popularity, popularity being determined based at least in part on a number of views and aggregating trending content items from one or more third party providers;
- analyzing the trending content items in relation to the user;
- providing the trending content items that comprise trending television (TV) shows as part of the trending content channel of the trending content guide to a viewing device without having to manually search for the trending TV shows;
- providing an option-to view the trending content guide that includes the trending content items;
- displaying the trending content guide with the trending content items comprising the trending television shows after selection of the option;
- and
- dynamically updating a priority of a trending content item of the trending content items based on an algorithm that includes a first parameter that corresponds to a speed at which the popularity increased for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items and a second parameter that corresponds to a number of tweets that reach a certain number in a relatively shorter span of time for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items including when the other trending content items have more tweets than the number of tweets associated with the trending content item.
A system to create a trending content channel of a trending content guide based on social media comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- one or more processing units coupled to the memory storage, wherein the one or more processing units are operable to:
- identify a user;
- identify social networks associated with the user;
- identify one or more trending content items within the social networks based on popularity, popularity being determined based at least in part on a number of views and aggregating trending content items from one or more third party providers;
- analyze the trending content items in relation to the user;
- provide the trending content items that comprise trending TV shows as part of the trending content channel of the trending content guide to a viewing device without having to manually search for the trending TV shows;
- provide an option to view the trending content guide that includes the trending content items;
- display the trending content guide with the trending content items comprising the trending television shows after selection of the option;
- and
- dynamically update a priority of a trending content item of the trending content items based on an algorithm that includes a first parameter that corresponds to a speed at which the popularity increased for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items and a second parameter that corresponds to a number of tweets that reach a certain number in a relatively shorter span of time for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items including when the other trending content items have more tweets than the number of tweets associated with the trending content item.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of creating a trending content channel of a trending content guide based on social media comprising:
- identifying a user;
- identifying social networks associated with the user;
- identifying one or more trending content items within the social networks, trending content items being determined based at least in part on a number of views and aggregating trending content items from one or more third party providers;
- analyzing the trending content items in relation to the user;
- providing the trending content items that comprise trending TV shows as part of the trending content channel of the trending content guide to a viewing device without having to manually search for the trending TV shows;
- providing an option to view the trending content guide that includes the trending content items;
- displaying the trending content guide with the trending content items comprising the trending television shows after selection of the option;
- and
- dynamically updating a priority of a trending content item of the trending content items based on an algorithm that includes a first parameter that corresponds to a speed at which the popularity increased for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items and a second parameter that corresponds to a number of tweets that reach a certain number in a relatively shorter span of time for the trending content item as compared to other trending content items including when the other trending content items have more tweets than the number of tweets associated with the trending content item.
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