TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDED SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE

摘要

A social network service for use by a television service provider is disclosed. The social network service allows a subscriber to connect and interact with other subscribers based on program ratings or other criteria. The social network service may comprise correlating program ratings of different subscribers of the social network service in order to suggest possible subscribers to join a first subscriber's social network. The social network service may allow for a subscriber or the television service provider to moderate the social network.

主权项

1. A system for providing a social networking service (SNS) by a television service provider (TSP), the system comprising:
one or more processors; and non-transitory storage media communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a communication from a first subscriber of the SNS, wherein the communication includes search parameters to be used to perform a correlation of program ratings of the first subscriber and a plurality of other subscribers of the SNS;correlate the program ratings of the first subscriber with the program ratings of the plurality of other subscribers using the search parameters included in the communication received from the first subscriber;generate a candidate member list for the first subscriber, wherein the candidate member list comprises information of a subset of the plurality of other subscribers, and the subset of the plurality of other subscribers is based on the correlation of the program ratings; andcause the candidate member list to be transmitted to at least one transmitter-receiver (TR) associated with the first subscriber.