Program Guide Based on Sharing Personal Comments about Multimedia Content
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing video between members of a social network service (SNS), the method comprising:
- in real-time while one or more member(s) are each viewing a video;
receiving comments about the video from the viewing member(s);
organizing the comments into a discussion thread for the video, the discussion thread further comprising video bookmarks, wherein the comments are attached to video bookmarks that mark time points in the video corresponding to the comments; and
sharing the discussion thread with members of the social network service according to privacy rules for the social network service, wherein members can join or modify their viewing of the video by activating video bookmarks and can provide further comments to the discussion thread;
storing the discussion thread for subsequent searching by members of the social network service; and
publishing public parts of the discussion thread for subsequent searching.
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Abstract
Members of a social network service may share real-time comments about multimedia content they are viewing. The comments are attached to bookmarks that allow other members to view the video and add to the discussion thread.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing video between members of a social network service (SNS), the method comprising:
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in real-time while one or more member(s) are each viewing a video; receiving comments about the video from the viewing member(s); organizing the comments into a discussion thread for the video, the discussion thread further comprising video bookmarks, wherein the comments are attached to video bookmarks that mark time points in the video corresponding to the comments; and sharing the discussion thread with members of the social network service according to privacy rules for the social network service, wherein members can join or modify their viewing of the video by activating video bookmarks and can provide further comments to the discussion thread; storing the discussion thread for subsequent searching by members of the social network service; and publishing public parts of the discussion thread for subsequent searching. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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22. The method of claim 22 wherein the video can be viewed in a teletext format.
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34. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer program code embodied therein for sharing video between members of a social network service (SNS), the computer program code performing the steps of:
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in real-time while one or more member(s) are each viewing a video; receiving comments about the video from the viewing member(s); organizing the comments into a discussion thread for the video, the discussion thread further comprising video bookmarks, wherein the comments are attached to video bookmarks that mark time points in the video corresponding to the comments; and sharing the discussion thread with members of the social network service according to privacy rules for the social network service, wherein members can join or modify their viewing of the video by activating video bookmarks and can provide further comments to the discussion thread; storing the discussion thread for subsequent searching by members of the social network service; and publishing public parts of the discussion thread for subsequent searching.
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