Controlling media consumption privacy settings

摘要

Embodiments related to controlling media privacy settings are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a media server system including a configured to receive media consumption data for each media content item of a plurality of media content items consumed by a user. Media consumption data for each media content item includes an item-specific privacy status and a media content item identifier. The server is also configured to receive, from one or more of another user and a media content item recommendations program, a request for access to the media consumption data for a media content item, and to provide one or more of the other user and the media content item recommendations program with access to the media consumption data based on the item-specific privacy status of the media consumption data.

主权项

1. A media server computer system for controlling access to media consumption data, the media server system comprising:
an electronic logic subsystem comprising a processor configured to execute instructions; and an electronic data-holding subsystem comprising memory holding the instructions, the instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:
receive, from a client device associated with a user, media consumption data having, for each of a plurality of media content items consumed on the client device, a media content item identifier that identifies the item consumed and an item-specific privacy status, the item-specific privacy status including an item-specific recommendations status, the item-specific recommendations status comprising a true item-specific recommendations status or a false item-specific recommendations status;receive, from a media content recommendations program, a request for access to the media consumption data,for each media content item having a “true” item-specific recommendations status, provide the media content recommendations program access to the media consumption data for that item, andfor each media content item having a “false” item-specific recommendations status, not provide the media content recommendations program access to the media consumption data for that item.