Linking multiple entities associated with media content

• US 10,291,950 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tseng, Erick
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waugh, Thorne E
• Application Number:
  US15/393,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26291 for providing content or additional data updates, e.g. updating software modules, stored at the client deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 : using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 : using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining that media content being viewed by a user comprises a plurality of entities, accessing information indicative of the plurality of entities, and querying a social graph of the social-networking system for social content associated with each of the plurality of entities and one or more other users of the social-networking system. The social graph includes user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The method further includes providing at least a portion of the queried social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more computing systems, determining a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

by the one or more computing systems, querying a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;

by the one or more computing systems, querying the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and

by the one or more computing systems, providing at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of:

a team;

a contestant;

a character;

an individual;

or

a player.

3. The method at claim 1, wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of,

a sporting event;

a game show;

a reality TV show;

a political event show;

or

a cooking show.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

by the one or more computing systems, providing one or more of the following for display on the first display device or the second device of the user;

a photo associated with the first or second entity;

a profile image of the first or second entity; and

a logo of the first or second entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “

like”

the first entity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first display device is a TV; and

the second display device is a smartphone or tablet computer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the second display device is a mobile computing device; and

the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.

8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:

determine a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

query a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;

query the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and

provide at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of:

a team;

a contestant;

a character;

an individual;

or

a player.

10. The media of claim 8, wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of:

a sporting event;

a game show;

a reality TV show;

a political event or show;

or

a cooking show.

11. The media of claim 8, the logic further operable when executed to;

provide one or more of the following for display on the first display device or the second device of the user;

a photo associated with the first or second entity;

a profile image of the first or second entity; and

a logo of the first or second entity.

12. The media of claim 8, wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “

like”

the first entity.

13. The media of claim 8, wherein:

the first display device is a TV; and

the second display device is a smartphone or tablet computer.

14. The media of claim 8, wherein:

the second display device is a mobile computing device; and

the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.

15. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor operable to;

determine a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

query a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;

query the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and

provide at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of;

a team;

a contestant;

a character;

an individual;

or

a player.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of;

a sporting event;

a game show;

a reality TV show;

a political event or show;

or

a cooking show.

18. The system of claim 15, the processor further operable:

provide one or more of the following for display on the first display evice or the second device of the user;

a photo associated with the first or second entity;

a profile image of the first or second entity; and

a logo of the first or second entity.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “

like”

the first entity.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the first display device is a TV;

the second display device is a mobile computing device; and

the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.