Content management using a website
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media devices comprising instructions that are executable to:
- collect content lists from users of a website that describe which media content was viewed by the users;
provide an option that is selectable by a first user at a first client device via a particular webpage of the website to permit a second user at a second client device that is remote from the first client device to cause the first client device of the first user to record media content locally at the first client device of the first user, the particular webpage including at least a portion of a respective said content list that references a particular said media content item for selection by the second user to cause the first client device to record the particular said media content item based on permission given by the first user via the selectable option provided via the particular webpage;
form a recommendation to view particular said media content by comparing a first said content list associated with the first user to a second said content list associated with the second user; and
recommend the particular said media content to be viewed by the first user at the client device of the first user based on the particular media content being included on the second said content list but not on the first said content list.
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Abstract
Content management using a website is described. In an implementation, one or more computer readable media include instructions that are executable to provide an option, via a website, that is selectable by a first user though interaction with a website to specify that a second user is permitted, through interaction with the website, to cause content to be recorded locally at a client of the first user.
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media devices comprising instructions that are executable to:
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collect content lists from users of a website that describe which media content was viewed by the users; provide an option that is selectable by a first user at a first client device via a particular webpage of the website to permit a second user at a second client device that is remote from the first client device to cause the first client device of the first user to record media content locally at the first client device of the first user, the particular webpage including at least a portion of a respective said content list that references a particular said media content item for selection by the second user to cause the first client device to record the particular said media content item based on permission given by the first user via the selectable option provided via the particular webpage; form a recommendation to view particular said media content by comparing a first said content list associated with the first user to a second said content list associated with the second user; and recommend the particular said media content to be viewed by the first user at the client device of the first user based on the particular media content being included on the second said content list but not on the first said content list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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collecting a content list from each of a plurality of client devices that describes which media content was output by a respective said client device; configuring at least a portion of a respective said content list to be output via a respective one of a plurality of web pages of a social network website, the portion of the respective said content list referencing a particular media content item that is selectable, via a particular said webpage that output the portion, by a user at a first client device to cause a second client device that is remote from the first client device and associated with a second user to record the particular said media content item locally at the second client device, the particular media content item being selectable by the user to cause the second client device to record the particular said media content item based on permission given by the second user via a selected option on the particular said webpage; and forming a recommendation to view particular said media content by comparing a respective said content list from each of the plurality of client devices, one with another, and recommending the particular said media content to be viewed by the second user at the second client device based on inclusion of the particular said media content on at least one respective said content list but not on a content list associated with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and memory that is configured to maintain one or more modules that are executable on the processor to; collect content lists from users of a social network website that describe which media content was output by client devices associated with the users; provide the social network website having a plurality of web pages that are accessible via a network; present one or more recommendations for a first user, via one or more of the web pages, regarding one or more items of content based on which content was viewed by other users according to respective said content lists of the other users and in part on which content was not included on a content list of the first user, the one or more recommendations including a user review of viewed content by the other users; and provide an option, via a particular web page of the social network website, that is selectable by the first user at a first client device to permit a second user at a second client device that is remote from the first client device to cause at least one of the one or more items of content to be recorded on behalf of the first user at the first client device of the first user, the particular web page including at least a portion of a respective said content list that references a particular said media content item for selection by the second user to cause the first client device to record the particular media said content item based on permission given by the first user via the selectable option provided via the particular web page. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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