Media asset recommendation service

摘要

A media asset recommendation service is described. In embodiments, friends of a user are identified in a social graph that is associated with the user, and interactions with media assets by the friends of the user are compiled. Friend interaction data for each of the media assets can be determined from the media assets, the social graph, and the interactions with the media assets by the friends of the user. When a selection of one of the media assets is received from the user via a user device, the friend interaction data that is associated with the media asset selected by the user is communicated to the user device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method initiated at a user device, the method comprising:
receiving a selection of a media asset that is selected by a user; receiving friend interaction data associated with the media asset that is selected by the user, the friend interaction data including a list of friends of the user that have interacted with the media asset and interactions with the media asset by each of the friends; and causing an asset recommendation interface to be displayed on a display of the user device, the asset recommendation interface including a simultaneous display of:
the list of friends and the interactions by each of the friends with the media asset, the friends of the user in the list displayed in the asset recommendation interface in a descending order based on an interaction rating corresponding to each friend, the interaction rating determined from the interactions with the media asset by each friend of the user in the list;a user similarity rating for each of the friends of the user in the list, the user similarity rating indicating a similarity in media asset interactions between the user and each of the friends of the user; anda prediction rating the indicates a likelihood the user will like the media asset based at least in part on the interactions with the media asset by a plurality of the friends of the user in the list and the user similarity rating for each of the friends of the user in the list.