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Method and apparatus for providing online social networking for television viewing

  • US 9,246,613 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2008
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining a community of a plurality of friends of one user, each of the friends being logged in a corresponding device configured to present live audio-video content, wherein the community of the plurality of friends is defined by one or more social networks of the user;

    determining presence information and feedback on a program within the audio-video content of each one of the friends in the community associated with the audio-video content, wherein the feedback includes a positive feedback symbol, a count of positive feedback on the program among the friends, a negative feedback symbol, a count of negative feedback on the program among the friends, and each of the counts is more than one and excludes feedback of the user;

    embedding the feedback in program guide information;

    transmitting the program guide information embedded with the feedback to a device of the user corresponding device of another one of the friends;

    causing, at least in part, a presentation of a program guide on the corresponding device based on the program guide information while the device and the corresponding device are playing the program, the presentation displaying the feedback within programming information of the program guide; and

    causing, at least in part, updating the presentation of the program guide on the corresponding device based on one or more changes to the feedback while the device and the corresponding device are playing the program, wherein the one or more changes to the feedback are made while the device and the corresponding device are playing the program.

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