SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND EMPLOYING A SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPH

• US 20120303710A1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gracenote, Inc. (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Original Assignee: Gracenote, Inc. (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Inventors: Roberts, Dale T., Cremer, Markus K.
• Application Number:
  US13/480,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303710A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Methods and systems for generating and employing a social media graph are disclosed. For example, a method can include receiving first data indicating consumption of media by a first user from at least one user device associated with the first user. Second data including metadata identifying the media consumed by the first user may be retrieved based on the first data. The second data may be processed to generate a social media profile for the first user, the social media profile identifying the media consumed by the first user. In some examples, the social media profile may be used to provide media recommendations to another user, to provide at least some of the media associated with the social media profile to another user, or to facilitate other tasks.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving first data indicating consumption of media by a first user from at least one user device associated with the first user;

retrieving second data comprising metadata identifying the media consumed by the first user based on the first data; and

processing, using at least one processor of a machine, the second data to generate a social media profile for the first user, the social media profile identifying the media consumed by the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, the first user being associated with an online social network.

3. The method of claim 1, the first data comprising data indicating previous media consumption of the first user.

4. The method of claim 1, the first data comprising data indicating current media consumption of the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, the social media profile for the first se comprising identifications of favorite items of media of the first user.

6. The method of claim 1, the social media profile for the first user comprising items of media owned by the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, the social media profile for the first user comprising information specified by the first user, the information describing the items of media referenced in the social media profile.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting to a second user a media item identified in the social media profile of the first user.

9. The method of claim 8, the presenting to the second user of the media item being initiated by the first user.

10. The method of claim 8, the presenting to the second user of the media item being initiated by the at least one processor based on at least one of the social media profile for the first user and a social media profile for the second user.

11. The method of claim 8, the presenting to the second user of the media item comprising replacing the media item with a substitute media item accessible to the second user based on the media item not being accessible to the second user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting to the first user a recommendation to associate with a second user based on the social media profile of the first user and a social media profile of the second user.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a media item identified in the social media profile of the first user with an online social network page identified with the media item.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

comparing at least one characteristic of the online social network page with media metadata associated with the media item to qualify the online social network page before associating the media item with the online social network page.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor of a machine and a plurality of modules providing instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, the modules comprising;

an audio/video rendering engine to collect media content consumed by a first user, and to automatically generate an audio/video presentation based on the media content; and

an audio/video presentation engine to provide the audio/video presentation to a user device for display to a second user logically coupled to the first user.

16. The system of claim 15, the first user and the second user being logically coupled as friends via an online social network.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a user experience module to store at least one of content information and formatting information for the audio/video presentation;

the audio/video rendering engine to automatically generate the audio/video presentation based on the at least one of the content information and the formatting information.

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

the user experience module to receive at least a portion of the at least one of the content information and the formatting information from a second user device associated with the second user.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a user experience module to facilitate at least one of a textual chat connection, an audio chat session, and an audio/video chat session between a user device of the first user and the user device of the second user.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a user experience module to detect presence of at least one person proximate to the user device of the second user; and

the audio/video presentation engine to modify the audio/video presentation based on the detected presence of the at least one person.

21. The system of claim 20, the user experience module to detect the presence of the at least one person via a camera associated with the user device of the second user, an identifying device carried by the at least one person, and a mobile communication device associated with the user device of the second user.

22. The system of claim 15, the audio/video rendering engine to classify a type of original audio associated with the media content, to select an audio recording from a media collection associated with the first user, to add the selected audio recording to the media content, and adjust audio levels of the original audio and the audio recording for the generated audio/video presentation based on the type of original audio.

23. The system of claim 15, the audio/video rendering engine to identify the media content to be collected based on a social media profile indicating the media content consumed by the first user.

24. The system of claim 15, the audio/video rendering engine to identify the media content to be collected based on a topic selected by the user.

25. The system of claim 24, the topic comprising at least one of an event, a location, a date, and a time.

26. The system of claim 15, the audio/video rendering engine to collect additional media content from a third user, and to generate the audio/video presentation based on the media content and the additional media content.

27. The system of claim 15, the audio/video rendering engine to automatically modify the audio/video presentation based at least in part on feedback received from the second user concerning the audio/video presentation.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving first data indicating consumption of media by a first user from at least one user device associated with the first user;

retrieving second data comprising metadata identifying the media consumed by the first user based on the first data; and

processing the second data to generate a social media profile for the first user, the social media profile identifying the media consumed by the first user.