METHOD OF OPERATING A CHANNEL RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

摘要

A method of operating a channel recommendation system with a system for providing channel recommendations over a network, the system including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing programming code to: provide a channel recommendation bid interface at a service provider server of a television service; receive a channel recommendation bid request on the channel recommendation bid interface; determine at the service provider server of the television service at least a first subscriber; determine at the service provider server at least one channel based on the channel recommendation bid request and based on real time viewership information of the television service; associate at the service provider server the determined channel with the determined first subscriber; and provide from the service provider server to a subscriber display device of the first subscriber a recommendation link to the determined channel.

主权项

1. A system for providing channel recommendations over a network, the system comprising: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing programming code to:
provide a channel recommendation bid interface at a service provider server of a television service; receive a channel recommendation bid request on the channel recommendation bid interface; determine at the service provider server of the television service at least a first subscriber; determine at the service provider server at least one channel based on the channel recommendation bid request and based on real time viewership information of the television service, the real time viewership information comprising real time interaction information from at least a second subscriber distinct from the first subscriber, the second subscriber having a relationship with the first subscriber in a social network comprising relationships between user accounts stored on a social network server, the relationships being established in response to a request from a first user account to connect to a second user account; associate at the service provider server the determined channel with the determined first subscriber; and provide from the service provider server to a subscriber display device of the first subscriber a recommendation link to the determined channel.