System and method for enabling a user to control a context of a client device of a buddy in a social network
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1. A method comprising:
- retrieving a profile of a given user;
using the profile to identify a buddy of the given user;
delivering a shared control request of the given user to a buddy device of the buddy;
enabling the buddy to accept or reject the shared control request; and
allowing the given user to control a context of the buddy device when the buddy accepts the shared control request.
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Abstract
A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user; using the profile to identify a buddy of the given user; delivering a shared control request of the given user to a buddy device of the buddy; enabling the buddy to accept or reject the shared control request; and allowing the given user to control a context of the buddy device when the buddy accepts the shared control request.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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retrieving a profile of a given user;
using the profile to identify a buddy of the given user;
delivering a shared control request of the given user to a buddy device of the buddy;
enabling the buddy to accept or reject the shared control request; and
allowing the given user to control a context of the buddy device when the buddy accepts the shared control request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. The method of claim 7, wherein the propagating comprises propagating a change in context of the given user to the buddy that accepted the shared control request.
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9. A system comprising:
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a content store for storing content items;
a given user device coupled to the content store and operative to enable selection and presentation of content items stored in the content store to a given user;
an other-user device coupled to the content store and operative to enable selection and presentation of content items stored in the content store to another user; and
a content distribution server operative to identify the other user as being a buddy of the given user, to receive a shared control request from the given user device, to deliver the shared control request to the other-user device, to receive an acceptance or a rejection to the shared control request from the other-user device, and to allow the given user to control a context of the other-user device when an acceptance is received. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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retrieving means for retrieving a profile of a given user;
identifying means for identifying a buddy in a social network with the given user;
delivering means for delivering a shared control request of the given user to the buddy;
enabling means for enabling the buddy to accept or reject the shared control request; and
allowing means for allowing the given user to control a client device context of the buddy when the buddy accepts the shared control request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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