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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Jacoby, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brenda O'Kane, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/4227 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4227 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the given user having a given-user device; delivering a content item to the given-user device; receiving one or more user-specified tags associated with the content item; identifying one or more buddies of the user as indicated in the profile; and delivering the one or more tags to the one or more buddies.