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Method of requesting a social media link authorization based on a social media content item

  • US 9,979,770 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2016
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing, by a computing system, data associated with a program schedule for a media program;

    based on the accessed data, selecting, by the computing system, a social media (SM) content item, wherein the SM content item was published by a SM user, and wherein the SM user is associated with a first SM account; and

    responsive to selecting the SM content item, causing, by the computing system, a SM platform to request the SM user to authorize a link between the first SM account and a second SM account,wherein the accessed data relates to a person, place, event, or topic,wherein the SM content item includes data relating to a person, place, event, or topic, andwherein selecting the SM content item comprises selecting the SM content item based on the accessed data having a threshold extent of similarity with the data of the SM content item.

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