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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Nader Gharachorloo, Ossining, NY (US);

Afshin Moshrefi, Newburyport, MA (US);

Azim Nasir, Foxboro, MA (US);

Inventors:

Nader Gharachorloo, Ossining, NY (US);

Afshin Moshrefi, Newburyport, MA (US);

Azim Nasir, Foxboro, MA (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06F 17/30038 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a plurality of media content processing devices, a content server, and a recommendation server. Each media content processing device is configured to receive media content from a content provider. The content server is configured to provide the media content to each of the media content processing devices. The recommendation server is configured to collect viewing data from each of the media content processing device. The recommendation server is further configured to provide each media content processing device with a viewing recommendation based at least in part on the viewing data collected from one or more of the other media content processing devices and a social network relationship between at least two of the media content processing devices.


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