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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
United Video Properties, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Wheatley, Tower Lakes, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing social event recommendations to a user are provided. In particular, a user may be presented with recommendations for social events based on the user's interests, geographic location, or any other suitable constraints. A social event recommendation engine may additionally suggest friends, from the user's social network, that the user may wish to invite along to a recommended social event. The user may also be presented advertisements with the social event recommendations.