Linking multiple entities associated with media content

• US 9,577,975 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tseng, Erick
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waugh, Thorne E
• Application Number:
  US14/074,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26291 for providing content or additional data updates, e.g. updating software modules, stored at the client deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/462 Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 : using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 : using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining that media content being viewed by a user comprises a plurality of entities, accessing information indicative of the plurality of entities, and querying a social graph of the social-networking system for social content associated with each of the plurality of entities and one or more other users of the social-networking system. The social graph includes user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The method further includes providing at least a portion of the queried social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more computers of a social-networking system, determining a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

by the one or more computers of the social-networking system, accessing information indicative of the plurality of entities;

by the one or more computers of the social-networking system, querying a social graph of the social-networking system for first social content associated with the first entity, the social graph comprising;

user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system;

by the one or more computers of the social-networking system, querying the social graph of the social-networking system for second social content associated with the second entity; and

by the one or more computers of the social-networking system, providing at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a plurality of names, each of the plurality of names associated with one of the plurality of entities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images associated with one of the plurality of entities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first social content comprises an indication of a number of first users of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the first entity; and

the second social content comprises an indication of a number of second users of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the second entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information and the portion of the queried social content are provided for display in a programming guide.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content are provided for display by overlaying the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content on top of the media content being viewed by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing information indicative of the plurality of entities comprises accessing at least one database of a multiple system operator.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the plurality of entities that are displayed in that media content being viewed by the user comprises determining that a multiple system operator provided information indicating that the media content comprises the plurality of entities.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of:

a team;

a contestant;

a character;

an individual;

or

a player.

10. 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:

determine a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

access information indicative of the plurality of entities associated;

query a social graph of the social-networking system for first social content associated with the first entity, the social graph comprising;

user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system;

query the social graph of the social-networking system for second social content associated with the second entity; and

provide at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the information comprises one or more of:

a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images associated with one of the plurality of entities; and

a plurality of names, each of the plurality of names associated with one of the plurality of entities.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein:

the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other first of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the first entity; and

the second social content comprises an indication of a number of second users of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the second entity.

13. The media of claim 10, wherein the information and the portion of the queried social content are provided for display in a programming guide.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content are provided for display by overlaying the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content on top of the media content being viewed by the user.

15. The media of claim 10, wherein the logic is further operable to access information indicative of the plurality of entities by accessing at least one database of a multiple system operator.

16. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor operable to;

determine a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;

access information indicative of the plurality of entities;

query a social graph of the social-networking system for first social content associated with the first entity, the social graph comprising;

user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system;

query the social graph of the social-networking system for second social content associated with the second entity; and

provide at least a portion of the queried social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the information comprises a plurality of names, each of the plurality of names associated with one of the plurality of entities.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the information comprises a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images associated with one of the plurality of entities.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other first of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the first entity; and

the second social content comprises an indication of a number of second users of the social-networking system who have “

liked”

the second entity.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content are provided for display by overlaying the information and the portion of the queried first and second social content on top of the media content being viewed by the user.