Sharing television and video programming through social networking
View Patent ↗In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine information associated with a product displayed on a display device and access a database of known products. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system provide one or more instructions to display media content related to the identified product.
1. A method comprising:
by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system, determining information associated with a product displayed on a display device;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, accessing a database of known products;
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device; and
by the one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, providing one or more instructions to launch a mobile application of the identified product on a mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined by one or more systems communicatively coupled to the display device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using closed-captioning.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more products is determined using logo scraping.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using optical character recognition (OCR).
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions comprise instructions to launch a website associated with the identified product.
7. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:
determine information associated with a product displayed on a display device;
access a database of known products;
determine, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device; and
provide one or more instructions to launch a mobile application of the identified product on a mobile device.
8. The media of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined by one or more systems communicatively coupled to the display device.
9. The media of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using closed-captioning.
10. The media of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the one or more products is determined using logo scraping.
11. The media of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using optical character recognition (OCR).
12. A system, comprising:
one or more memory devices; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor
operable to:
determine information associated with a product displayed on a display device;
access a database of known products;
determine, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device; and
provide one or more instructions to launch a mobile application of the identified product on a mobile device.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined by one or more systems communicatively coupled to the display device.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using closed-captioning.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the information associated with the one or more products is determined using logo scraping.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the information associated with the product is determined using optical character recognition (OCR).