Communications channels in media systems
First Claim
1. A computing device comprising program instructions to:
- identify respective first communications from a first user, each addressed to one or more of a plurality of second users, about respective first media content items, each of the first communications made within a predetermined time preceding the first user'"'"'s consumption of the respective first media content item;
determine, for one or more of the second users, a correlation between the respective second user and the consumption of the first media content items by the first user, including determining how many first media content items the first user consumed following communications with the respective second user about the respective media content item within the predetermined time; and
based at least in part on the correlation, initiate a second communication between one of the second users and one of the first user and a third user concerning a second media content item.
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Abstract
A computing device includes program instructions to identify first communications by a first user about respective first media content items, each of the first communications made within a predetermined time preceding the first user'"'"'s consumption of the respective first media content item. The computing device further includes instructions to identify a plurality of second users, each a party to one of the first communications. For the identified second users, the computing device determines a correlation between the respective second user and the consumption of the first media content items by the first user. Based at least in part on the correlation, the computing device includes further instructions to initiate a second communication between one of the second users and one of the first user and a third user concerning a second media content item.
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22 Claims
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1. A computing device comprising program instructions to:
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identify respective first communications from a first user, each addressed to one or more of a plurality of second users, about respective first media content items, each of the first communications made within a predetermined time preceding the first user'"'"'s consumption of the respective first media content item; determine, for one or more of the second users, a correlation between the respective second user and the consumption of the first media content items by the first user, including determining how many first media content items the first user consumed following communications with the respective second user about the respective media content item within the predetermined time; and based at least in part on the correlation, initiate a second communication between one of the second users and one of the first user and a third user concerning a second media content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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identifying respective first communications from a first user, each addressed to one or more of a plurality of second users, about respective first media content items, each of the first communications made within a predetermined time preceding the first user'"'"'s consumption of the respective first media content item; determining, for one or more of the second users, a correlation between the respective second user and the consumption of the first media content items by the first user, including determining how many first media content items the first user consumed following communications with the respective second user about the respective media content item within the predetermined time; and based at least in part on the correlation, initiating a second communication between one of the second users and one of the first user and a third user concerning a second media content item. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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