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Sharing television and video programming through social networking

  • US 10,405,020 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2017
  • Issued: 09/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • by one or more computer systems, querying a graph for comments, stories, and posts generated by a plurality of users, the comments, stories, and posts about a particular video being watched by the plurality of users;

    by the one or more computer systems, accessing respective privacy settings associated with each of the plurality of users, the privacy settings indicating whether a particular user has authorized the sharing of comments, stories, and posts associated with the particular user with one or more third parties; and

    by the one or more computer systems, providing aggregated comments, stories, and posts about the particular video being watched by the plurality of users to a particular third party if the privacy settings of the plurality of users indicate that they have authorized the sharing of their comments, stories, and posts with one or more third parties, the aggregated comments, stories, and posts about the particular video being provided to the particular third party in real time while the particular video is being watched by the plurality of users.

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