Socially Networked Television Experience

摘要

In one embodiment, a system for providing social interaction opportunities for people watching television is presented. The system includes: a television data source which transmits television data streams for reception by end devices, each end device being represented by an equipment code; a plurality of end devices, including a first user's end device and a second user's end device, each end device configured to receive a television data streams, and each user represented by an identifier code; and an interactive-information server configured to: store, at the first user's behest, the identifier code of the second user; monitor which of the television data streams is being received by the first end device; monitor which of the television data streams is being received by the second end device; and notify the first user when the first end device and the second end device are receiving the same television data stream.

主权项

1. A system for providing social interaction opportunities for people watching television, the system comprising:
a television data source configured to transmit at least one of a plurality of television data streams for reception by a plurality of end devices, wherein each end device is represented by an equipment code; the plurality of end devices, including a first end device used by a first user and a second end device used by a second user, wherein each end device is configured to receive at least one of the plurality of television data streams, and each user is represented by an identifier code; and an interactive-information server configured to:
store, at the direction of the first user, an identifier code representing the second user;monitor which of the plurality of television data streams is being received by the first end device, by communicating with the television data source;monitor which of the plurality of television data streams is being received by the second end device, by communicating with the television data source;notify the first user when the same television data stream is being received by both the first end device and the second end device, wherein notifying the first user comprises:
transmitting notification data regarding when the second user of the second end device is receiving the same television data stream as the first user of the first end device; anddisplaying a notification on the first end device that the second end device is receiving the same television data stream.