Community-based recommendation engine
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10. A system comprising:
- a recommendation detector to receive, at a viewer'"'"'s system, a recommendation for a content item from a contact of a viewer;
a decision module to;
determine an action to be performed at the viewer'"'"'s system, based on the recommendation and on one or more rules,accept the recommendation as an instruction to perform the action, andinitiate the action at the viewer'"'"'s system.
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Abstract
A community-based recommendation engine is provided. In one example embodiment, a system to provide community-based recommendation engine comprises a recommendation detector and a decision module. The recommendation detector is configured to receive, at a viewer'"'"'s system, a recommendation for a content item from a contact of a viewer. The decision module may be configured to determine an action to be performed at the viewer'"'"'s system, based on the recommendation and on one or more rules, accept the recommendation as an instruction to perform the action, and initiate the action at the viewer'"'"'s system.
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10. A system comprising:
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a recommendation detector to receive, at a viewer'"'"'s system, a recommendation for a content item from a contact of a viewer; a decision module to; determine an action to be performed at the viewer'"'"'s system, based on the recommendation and on one or more rules, accept the recommendation as an instruction to perform the action, and initiate the action at the viewer'"'"'s system. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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16-1. The system of claim 15, comprising a communications module to send a recommendation of the viewable program to a set top box associated with the contact of the viewer in response to the instruction from the viewer to rate the viewable program.
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20. A machine-readable medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:
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receive, at a viewer'"'"'s system, a recommendation for a content item from a contact of a viewer; determine a value indicating a trust level assigned to the contact by the viewer; determine an action to be performed at the viewer'"'"'s system, based on the recommendation and on one or more rules; accept the recommendation as an instruction to perform the action, and initiate the action at the viewer'"'"'s system.
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