Framework for providing digital home services
First Claim
1. A method for providing an indication of an action of a given user consuming content on a client device transmitted from a TV content distribution system, the method comprising:
- generating an indication of a change in context for a given user, the context comprising information regarding an action of the given user;
propagating the indication of the change in context for the given user to one or more users in the social network for the given user; and
presenting the indication of the change in context for the given user to users in the given user'"'"'s social network in conjunction with TV content.
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Abstract
The systems and methods of the present invention provide for a number of improvements to the TV consumption process, including personalization, community viewing, shared presence and context, messaging, access to ratings and recommendations (including community reviews), alerts, etc. One method that the present invention provides allows for the indication of a given user'"'"'s context to be provided to other users, such as users in the given user'"'"'s social network. The method comprises generating an indication of a change in context for a given user, the context comprising information regarding an action of the given user. The indication of the change in context for the given user is propagated to one or more users in the social network for the given user. The indication of the change in context of the given user is presented to users in the given user'"'"'s social network in conjunction with TV content.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for providing an indication of an action of a given user consuming content on a client device transmitted from a TV content distribution system, the method comprising:
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generating an indication of a change in context for a given user, the context comprising information regarding an action of the given user;
propagating the indication of the change in context for the given user to one or more users in the social network for the given user; and
presenting the indication of the change in context for the given user to users in the given user'"'"'s social network in conjunction with TV content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing an indication of an action of a given user consuming content on a client device transmitted from a TV content distribution system, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a change in context for a given user, the context comprising information regarding an action of the given user; and
propagating the indication of the change in context for the given user to one or more users in the social network for the given user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for providing an indication of an action of a given user consuming content on a client device transmitted from a TV content distribution system, the method comprising:
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generating an indication of a change in context for a given user, the context comprising information regarding an action of the given user; and
receiving an indication of a change in context from one or more users in the given user'"'"'s social network. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for providing an indication of an action of a given user consuming content on a client device transmitted from a TV content distribution system, the system comprising:
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a TV application component operative to receive a command indicating a context change from a given user and to transmit content that is responsive to the changed context to a client device of the given user; and
a messenger component operative to receive the changed context for the given user from the TV application component, identify one or more users in the given user'"'"'s social network and propagate an indication of the changed context to the one or more users in the given user'"'"'s social network. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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