Using internet content as a means to establish live social networks by linking internet users to each other who are simultaneously engaged in the same and/or similar content
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for concurrently linking together content users into live social networks based on similarity of content presented at an internet-linked device, comprising:
- providing a capability to associate metadata with device-perceivable content;
providing a capability for linking a user of a network-linkable device with another user, the linking being substantially based upon a similarity between content accessed by the user and content perceived by the other user, wherein similarity is determined by analyzing one or more selected from the group consisting of the content, of metadata associated with the content, of a user-specified action relating to the content, and of a context associated with the content;
providing a capability for the user and the other user to concurrently perceive content presented at one or more selected from the group consisting of a window, a virtual environment, a display of an network-linked device, and a display of a device operatively coupled with a network-linked device; and
providing to a user a mechanism configured when selected to enable the user and the other user to interact relative to the concurrently perceived content.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method that uses internet content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social networking, communications, sharing, e-commerce, advertising, search, hosting and registry services, push and pull applications, anonymous communications, and rich presence.
1112 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A method for concurrently linking together content users into live social networks based on similarity of content presented at an internet-linked device, comprising:
-
providing a capability to associate metadata with device-perceivable content; providing a capability for linking a user of a network-linkable device with another user, the linking being substantially based upon a similarity between content accessed by the user and content perceived by the other user, wherein similarity is determined by analyzing one or more selected from the group consisting of the content, of metadata associated with the content, of a user-specified action relating to the content, and of a context associated with the content; providing a capability for the user and the other user to concurrently perceive content presented at one or more selected from the group consisting of a window, a virtual environment, a display of an network-linked device, and a display of a device operatively coupled with a network-linked device; and providing to a user a mechanism configured when selected to enable the user and the other user to interact relative to the concurrently perceived content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A server-based system for content tagging, analysis, and metadata-based association, comprising:
-
a centralized server portion including a network-linked server and a data storage means operatively coupled with the server, wherein the server portion is operatively coupled with a data-conveying network means; a coded instruction set configured when executed on a user'"'"'s network-linked computing device to recognize content-relevant metadata in content, to identify at least one other user of other content having similar metadata, and to perceivably provide at an output device a user-selectable communication link with the other user of the other content; and a coded instruction set configured when executed by a user of the computing device to perceivably present to the user one or both of a window and a virtual environment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A method of defining and using content attributes to form network-enabled social networks, comprising:
-
recognizing one or both of a unique content identifier and a representative attribute indicating a characteristic of content accessed by a user; identifying one or more other users of other content based upon the other content having one or both of the unique content identifier and one or more representative attributes indicating a characteristic identical to or similar to that of the content accessed by the user; detecting a request by the user to establish a network link with one or more other users; and providing a mechanism enabling the user to establish a live network link with the one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification