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Sharing television and video programming through social networking

  • US 9,578,390 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2012
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a first interface operable to communicate with a content source;

    a second interface operable to communicate with a display device; and

    a third interface operable to communicate with a social-networking system;

    wherein the system is operable to;

    receive a first video stream from the content source using the first interface;

    receive social content from the social-networking system using the third interface, the social content 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; and

    content nodes that are each associated with particular media content;

    determine whether the received social content is relevant to video content within the first video stream;

    place the received social content in the video content within the first video stream if it is determined that the received social content is relevant to the video content;

    generate a modified video stream using at least the first video stream and the social content; and

    send the modified video stream to the display device using the second interface.

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