Peer-to-peer media item recommendation system with peer interaction including calculating a correlation-based and a domain-based recommendation score for a friend

1. A method of providing a peer-to-peer media item recommendation, comprising:

presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend;

receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend; and

presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein the selected list of media items comprises a list of media items presented in a ranked order derived from at least one of:

calculating a correlation-based recommendation score for the friend for the media items; and

calculating a domain-based recommendation score for the friend for the media items.

2. A method of providing a peer-to-peer media item recommendation, comprising:

presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend;

receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend; and

presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein receiving an indication from the first user comprises the user selecting the one or more media items from a list of media items having the highest predicted rating score for a friend for which the friend hasn't rated the media item.

3. A method of providing a peer-to-peer media item recommendation, comprising:

presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend;

receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend; and

presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein the one or more indicated media items are presented to the friend as a media item object in at least one of a message inbox, a recommended items list, and a friends' recommendations list.

4. A method of providing a peer-to-peer media item recommendation, comprising:

presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend;

receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend; and

presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend comprises receiving an indication from the first user that the first user believes the media item would be enjoyed by the first user and the friend viewing the media item together; and

wherein presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend comprises presenting the one or more indicated items with a notation that the first user believes the media item would be enjoyed by the first user and the friend viewing the media item together.

5. A method of providing a peer-to-peer media item recommendation, comprising:

presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend;

receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend; and

presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend comprises presenting a list of media items that a recommendation engine has scored as a good recommendation for both the friend and the first user.

6. A peer-to-peer media item recommendation system, comprising:

a processor;

a media recommendation module operable to present a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend; and

a peer-to-peer recommendation module operable to receive an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend, and to present the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein the selected list of media items comprises a list of media items presented in a ranked order derived from at least one of:

calculating a correlation-based recommendation score for the friend for the media items; and

calculating a domain-based recommendation score for the friend for the media items; and

wherein at least one of the media recommendation module and peer-to peer recommendation module comprises program instructions executable on the processor.

7. A peer-to-peer media item recommendation system, comprising:

a processor;

a media recommendation module operable to present a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend; and

a peer-to-peer recommendation module operable to receive an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend, and to present the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein receiving an indication from the first user comprises the user selecting the one or more media items from a list of media items having the highest predicted rating score for friend for a friend for which the friend hasn't rated the media item; and

wherein at least one of the media recommendation module and peer-to peer recommendation module comprises program instructions executable on the processor.

8. A peer-to-peer media item recommendation system, comprising:

a processor;

a media recommendation module operable to present a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend; and

a peer-to-peer recommendation module operable to receive an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend, and to present the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein the one or more indicated media items are presented to the friend as a media item object in at least one of a message inbox, a recommended items list, and a friends' recommendations list; and

wherein at least one of the media recommendation module and peer-to peer recommendation module comprises program instructions executable on the processor.

9. A peer-to-peer media item recommendation system, comprising:

a processor;

a media recommendation module operable to present a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend; and

a peer-to-peer recommendation module operable to receive an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend, and to present the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein receiving an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend comprises receiving an indication from the first user that the first user believes the media item would be enjoyed by the first user and the friend viewing the media item together;

wherein presenting the one or more indicated media items to the friend comprises presenting the one or more indicated items with a notation that the first user believes the media item would be enjoyed by the first user and the friend viewing the media item together; and

wherein at least one of the media recommendation module and peer-to peer recommendation module comprises program instructions executable on the processor.

10. A peer-to-peer media item recommendation system, comprising:

a processor;

a media recommendation module operable to present a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend; and

a peer-to-peer recommendation module operable to receive an indication from the first user that one or more of the presented media items are to be recommended to the friend, and to present the one or more indicated media items to the friend;

wherein presenting a selected list of media items to a first user to consider for recommendation to a friend comprises presenting a list of media items that a recommendation engine has scored as a good recommendation for both the friend and the first user; and

wherein at least one of the media recommendation module and peer-to peer recommendation module comprises program instructions executable on the processor.