Sharing Television And Video Programming Through Social Networking
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1. A method comprising:
- by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system, identifying a user viewing video content on a first display device;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, identifying the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining a second display device associated with the identified user; and
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, sending one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
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Abstract
In particular embodiments, a social networking system identifies a user viewing video content on a first display device, identifies the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user, and determines a second display device associated with the identified user. The social networking system sends one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
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1. A method comprising:
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by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system, identifying a user viewing video content on a first display device; by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, identifying the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user; by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining a second display device associated with the identified user; and by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, sending one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
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the second display device comprises a mobile device; and the chat messages are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile device.
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3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, causing the mobile application to be automatically launched on the mobile device in response to the user selecting to view the video content on the first display device.
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4. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile application comprises an entry area operable to allow the user to generate a chat message.
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5. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile application is operable to:
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capture, using a microphone of the mobile device, a message spoken by the user; and utilize voice-recognition to generate a chat message based on the captured message spoken by the user.
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6. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile application comprises one or more chat rooms, the chat rooms comprising at least one of:
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a general lobby for the video content being displayed on the first display device; a chat room for a specific season of the video content being displayed on the first display device; a chat room for a specific episode of the video content being displayed on the first display device; and a private chat room.
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7. The method of claim 1, wherein the chat messages comprise one or more of:
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text messages; images associated with users of the social-networking system; and video messages.
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8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, providing the chat messages associated with the identified video content for concurrent display on the first display device.
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9. The method of claim 1, wherein:
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the chat messages are time-stamped with a time corresponding to a particular point within the video content; and sending one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content comprises sending instructions to display the chat messages when the particular point within the video content is displayed on the first display device.
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10. The method of claim 1, wherein the chat messages are filtered to include only messages associated with one or more friends of the user, the friends determined from a social graph of the social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
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11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining a plurality of chat messages within the social-networking system associated with the identified video content; by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining a plurality of users within the social-networking system associated with the plurality of chat messages; by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, organizing the determined plurality of chat messages into one or more comment threads; and by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, organizing the determined plurality of users into one or more groups.
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12. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:
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identify a user viewing video content on a first display device; identify the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user; determine a second display device associated with the identified user; and send one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
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13. The media of claim 12, wherein the chat messages are determined from a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
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14. The media of claim 12, wherein:
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the second display device comprises a mobile device; and the chat messages are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile device.
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15. The media of claim 12, the logic further operable to provide the chat messages associated with the identified video content for concurrent display on the first display device.
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16. A system, comprising:
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one or more memory devices; and a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor operable to; identify a user viewing video content on a first display device; identify the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user; determine a second display device associated with the identified user; and send one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
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17. The system of claim 16, wherein the chat messages are determined from a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
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18. The system of claim 17, wherein the chat messages are filtered to include only messages associated with one or more friends of the user, the friends determined from the social graph of the social-networking system.
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19. The system of claim 16, wherein:
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the second display device comprises a mobile device; and the chat messages are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile device.
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20. The system of claim 16, the processor further operable to provide the chat messages associated with the identified video content for concurrent display on the first display device.
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