SOCIAL NETWORKING FEEDBACK VIA SECOND DISPLAY SELECTIONS
First Claim
1. A method of playing a content item on a content playback device using a second display, comprising:
- i. instantiating an application on the second display;
ii. establishing a browsing session between a second display and a source of content using the application, the application facilitating browsing and selection of a content item by a user;
iii. loading an identifier of the content item in the application;
iv. causing the content item to play back in a content playback device;
v. tracking data associated with the browsing and playback;
vi. populating a feed with the tracked data; and
vii. transmitting the feed to at least one social networking service.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for publishing data to one or more social networking services in which data pertaining to the user'"'"'s behavior in browsing, selecting, and playing media, from particular sources on a particular IPTV platform, is tracked so that a feed representative of such behavior may be transmitted to the social networking services for publication. Accordingly in response to the feed, information pertaining to the user, the platform, the selected media, and the service providing the media may be presented on one or more pages provided by the social networking service. By embedding special tags in the feed that are compliant with protocols and methods that are supported by an API exposed by a server in the social networking service, the data from the feed can be displayed on the pages with the same look and feel and user experience as native social networking content.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of playing a content item on a content playback device using a second display, comprising:
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i. instantiating an application on the second display; ii. establishing a browsing session between a second display and a source of content using the application, the application facilitating browsing and selection of a content item by a user; iii. loading an identifier of the content item in the application; iv. causing the content item to play back in a content playback device; v. tracking data associated with the browsing and playback; vi. populating a feed with the tracked data; and vii. transmitting the feed to at least one social networking service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A second display, comprising:
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i. a display module, the display module providing a user interface and configured to display a content item or to receive a content item URL/URI; ii. an asset browsing and selection tracking module for tracking displayed content items and content items that are selected for playback on the content playback device; and iii. a network communications module, the network communications module for coupling the second display to a local network or to a content playback device and for passing information tracked by the asset browsing and selection tracking module to be used in a feed to a social networking service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for publishing information on a social network, comprising:
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i. a processor; ii. memory bearing computer readable instructions capable of loading an application into a browser, the application being configured for browsing one or more content items from various ones of a plurality of content providers; iii. memory bearing computer readable instructions capable of receiving information about a content item; iv. memory bearing computer readable instructions capable of causing a content item, chosen on a second display, to be played back on a content playback device; and v. memory bearing computer readable instructions capable of tracking the browsing and playing back, the tracking generating data for populating a feed usable by a social networking service to publish the data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for providing a feed from an IPTV domain to a social networking site, the IPTV domain including a content playback platform, second display operable by a user and management server infrastructure, comprising:
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i. tracking the user'"'"'s behaviors at the second display when browsing and selecting an asset for playback on the content playback device, the asset being provided from a service to which the IPTV domain is coupled over a network; ii. populating the feed with a data object, the data object representing at least one of the asset, the service, the platform, or the user; iii. configuring the feed for interoperability with one or more pages supported by the social networking site so that the data object is selectable by a viewer of the site; and iv. publishing the feed to the social networking site from the management server infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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