Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using content structure to socially connect users
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Application No.: US15339547Application Date: 2016-10-31
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Publication No.: US09959251B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Michael Salomon Morton , Jeremy Faller
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F17/21 ; G06F3/0483 ; G06F3/0484 ; H04L12/58 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q50/00 ; G06F17/24 ; G06F17/27 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
The structure of a digital content item is used to socially connect users consuming the digital content item. The structured representation of the digital content item is determined. This structured representation is analyzed to identify key events within the digital content item. A user's current location within the digital content item is identified. Social communications of the user are filtered responsive to the user's current location and the identified key events within the digital content item. In this way, the user may peruse social media without inadvertently reading communications that give away (e.g., spoil) key events such as important plot points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170046312A1 USING CONTENT STRUCTURE TO SOCIALLY CONNECT USERS Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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