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Social media connection recommendations based on playback information

US9723038B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2014
Grant dateAug 1, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/306
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments are described herein that involve a computing device initiating playback of a particular media item on a media playback system that is registered to a particular account of a social media service. The computing device may query the social media service for one or more accounts of the social media service that are registered to respective media playback systems that have played the particular media item on at least a threshold number of occasions and have not yet been connected to the particular account of the social media service within the social network. The computing device may receive the queried one or more accounts of the social media service and cause a graphical interface to display one or more respective selectable indications of the received one or more accounts of the social media service.

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