Media event based social networking interfaces

US9553922B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Twitter, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian J. Guarraci · Redmond, US
• Lillian M. Carrasquillo · Somerville, US
• Esteban Kozak · Cupertino, US
• Pradhuman Jhala · Glendale, US
• Satanjeev Banerjee · San Francisco, US
• Nicolas T. Takayama · San Mateo, US
• Justin John Trobec · Fremont, US
• Zhanna Shamis · San Francisco, US
• Aaron M. Kelley · San Francisco, US
• Kevin Ullmann · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2017
• Expiry date: May 1, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/21
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A social networking system aggregates content related to the media events that have aired or are currently airing from a variety of sources, such as the entity broadcasting the media event and users that author content items referencing the media events. The social networking system generates multiple event interfaces that allow users of the social networking system to consume content, both user authored content and content curated from external sources, related to a media event. The interfaces include both content items that have a high correlation with the media events and visual representations of the user response to media event. Further, the interfaces include interface elements that allow users to easily navigate and interact with the information being presented as well as provide additional content related to the media events.