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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Peter T Barrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ronald a Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter T Barrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ronald A Morris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Recorded programs ranked based on social networks is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor maintains recorded on-demand assets that can be requested by client devices to render as television media content for viewing. For a Network Digital Video Recording (nDVR) system, the recorded on-demand assets are recorded when initially distributed to the client devices as scheduled television media content. The content distributor can form a social network of members based on association(s) of viewers that correspond to one or more of the client devices, and can determine recommended on-demand assets from different ones of the recorded on-demand assets for the members of the social network. The content distributor can then communicate a recommended on-demand asset to a client device that corresponds to a member of the social network where the recommended on-demand asset is communicated for viewing without receiving a viewer selection of the recommended on-demand asset.