PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GROUP VIEWING

摘要

A group viewing application includes a host application performed by a host device and a client application performed by a plurality of mobile devices to present program recommendations to mobile device users who have linked with a group maintained by the host application. The host device may be a set top box or smart television programmed with host application software. The host application may perform linking operations to define the group of mobile device users, recommendation operations to identify programs recommended for the group based at least in part on multimedia profile information including content preferences and viewing history information, and election operations to select one of the recommended programs for group viewing.

主权项

1. A group viewing recommendation method, the method comprising:
generating a linking interface prompting a plurality of mobile device users to link to an indicated group; responsive to receiving a wirelessly transmitted linking response from a client application on a mobile device users, linking the responding mobile device user as a group member of the indicated group; responsive to at least one of the group members granting access to multimedia profile information, obtaining multimedia profile information associated with at least some of the group members, wherein multimedia profile information associated with a group member includes content preference information specified by the group member and viewing history information of the group member; obtaining available program information indicative of available programs; identifying a plurality of recommended programs based on the multimedia profile information and the available program information; displaying on the display device the plurality of recommended programs for vote by the group members; recording wirelessly transmitted votes cast by at least some of the linked members in the group; and determining a result of the election based on the votes cast and displaying a result interface on the display device.