Methods, Systems And Storage Medium For Providing Content Notification Based On User Communities
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1. A method of notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system, the method comprising:
- providing a community portal for consumers, the community portal allowing consumers to search communities, join a community as a member and end membership in communities;
associating a consumer with a community in response to input from the consumer through the community portal requesting that the consumer be identified as a member of the community;
presenting first content to the consumer for viewing;
determining existence of a content event related to second content;
associating the content event and the second content with the community;
notifying the consumer who is a member of the community of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer, the notification presented to the consumer as a window presented overlaying the first content being viewed by the consumer;
receiving an input from the consumer through the user interface requesting the second content associated with the content event; and
retrieving the second content for presentation to the consumer upon request from the consumer.
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Abstract
A method of notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system. The method includes determining the existence of a content event related to content. The content event is associated with a community. A consumer who is a member of the community is notified of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer. Access to content related to the content event is provided upon request by the consumer.
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1. A method of notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system, the method comprising:
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providing a community portal for consumers, the community portal allowing consumers to search communities, join a community as a member and end membership in communities; associating a consumer with a community in response to input from the consumer through the community portal requesting that the consumer be identified as a member of the community; presenting first content to the consumer for viewing; determining existence of a content event related to second content; associating the content event and the second content with the community; notifying the consumer who is a member of the community of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer, the notification presented to the consumer as a window presented overlaying the first content being viewed by the consumer; receiving an input from the consumer through the user interface requesting the second content associated with the content event; and retrieving the second content for presentation to the consumer upon request from the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for notifying a consumer of available content in a content distribution system, the system comprising:
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a database identifying consumers and their respective community memberships; a community portal for consumers, the community portal allowing consumers to search communities, join a communities as a member and end membership in communities; a network element providing first content; the network element determining the existence of a content event related to second content; a consumer network in communication with the network element, the consumer network including a display device for displaying content and a controller in communication with the content distribution system, the consumer network being associated with a community in response to input from the consumer through the community portal requesting that the consumer be identified as a member of the community; the network element accessing the database and associating the content event and the second content with the community; the network element sending notification of the content event to the consumer network, the notification presented to the display device as a window presented overlaying first content being viewed by the consumer; the network element receiving an input from the consumer through the user interface requesting the second content associated with the content event; and the network element retrieving the second content for presentation to the consumer upon request from the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system, the storage medium including instructions for causing at least one network element to implement a method comprising:
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providing a community portal for consumers, the community portal allowing consumers to search communities, join a community as a member and end membership in communities; associating a consumer with a community in response to input from the consumer through the community portal requesting that the consumer be identified as a member of the community; presenting first content to the consumer for viewing; determining existence of a content event related to second content; associating the content event and the second content with the community; notifying the consumer who is a member of the community of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer, the notification presented to the consumer as a window presented overlaying the first content being viewed by the consumer; and providing access to the second content related to the content event upon request by the consumer.
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