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Program Guide Based on Sharing Personal Comments about Multimedia Content

  • US 20120284343A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2011
  • Published: 11/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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