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Method of recommending broadcasting contents and recommending apparatus therefor in multimedia contents reproducing device

  • US 10,277,951 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2015
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of recommending contents in a display apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:

  • performing, by at least one processor of the display apparatus, operations comprising;

    controlling the display to display an electronic program guide (EPG);

    controlling the display to display groups of second users related to a first user according to a status of the respective second users, the groups including a first group of second users watching a same broadcasting program as the first user and second users about to start watching the same broadcasting program as the first user, and a second group of second users not watching the same broadcasting program as the first user, wherein the displaying the groups of second users includes;

    controlling the display to display the first group of second users, together with a time one or more second users began watching the same broadcasting program as the first user; and

    controlling the display to display the second group of second users not watching the same broadcasting program as the first user, together with a title of a broadcasting program being watched by one or more second users of the second group;

    receiving a selection, by the first user, of a broadcasting program among one or more programs included in the EPG;

    receiving a selection, by the first user, of at least one second user among the displayed groups of second users; and

    transmitting a message to the selected at least one second user, wherein the message includes a message recommending the selected program among the one or more programs included in the EPG, without requiring the first user to separately retrieve the selected at least one second user when the first user transmits the message.

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