METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKING MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION STATUS IN A GROUP OF USERS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving input data, the input data indicating that a first user in a user group has changed a content consumption characteristic;
determining if the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based a content consumption characteristic of a second user in the user group; and
generating a message that is provided to at least one other user in the user group, the message including information indicating that the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based on the content consumption characteristic of the second user in the user group.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for exchanging media content consumption characteristics in a network is described. The method includes receiving input data, the input data indicating that a first user in a user group has changed a content consumption characteristic, determining if the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based a content consumption characteristic of a second user in the user group, and generating a message, the message including information indicating that the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based on the content consumption characteristic of the second user in the user group. The apparatus includes a transceiver circuit that is coupled to the network and a controller circuit that receives input data from the first user, further determines if the first user'"'"'s change is based on input data received through the transceiver circuit from the second user, and further generates the message that is provided.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving input data, the input data indicating that a first user in a user group has changed a content consumption characteristic; determining if the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based a content consumption characteristic of a second user in the user group; and generating a message that is provided to at least one other user in the user group, the message including information indicating that the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based on the content consumption characteristic of the second user in the user group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver circuit that is coupled to a network, the network interfacing a plurality of users in a user group; and a controller circuit coupled to the transceiver circuit, the controller circuit receiving input data from a first user, the input data indicating that the first user has changed a content consumption characteristic, the controller circuit further determining if the first user'"'"'s change in content consumption characteristic is based on input data received through the transceiver circuit from a second user, the second user'"'"'s input data indicating a content consumption characteristic of the second user, the controller circuit further generating a message that is provided to at least one other user in the user group, the message including information indicating that the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based on the content consumption characteristic of a second user in the user group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A networking apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving input data, the input data indicating that a first user in a user group has changed a content consumption characteristic; means for determining if the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based a content consumption characteristic of a second user in the user group; and means for generating a message that is provided to at least one other user in the user group, the message including information indicating that the first user'"'"'s changed content consumption characteristic is based on the content consumption characteristic of the second user in the user group.
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