SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION
An Intelligent Television provides unique user interfaces and user interface interactions to provide social media. The interfaces and interface are intuitive and allow the user to quickly retrieve and view social media with respect to content displayed on the Intelligent Television. Further, intuitive user interface interactions are provided to allow for the quick and efficient posting of social media from the Intelligent Television to a social media site.
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25 . A method for publishing social media by an intelligent television, the method comprising:
displaying content by the intelligent television;
receiving a selection of a control device associated with the intelligent television; and
based on the selection, automatically publishing information about the content to a social media site.
26 . The method as defined in claim 25 , wherein the control device is an ooh-ahh button on a remote control.
27 . The method as defined in claim 26 , the control device is a user-selectable ooh-ahh device displayed on a user interface by the intelligent television.
28 . The method as defined in claim 27 , further comprising:
determining a state of the content; and
based on the determination, publishing the information.
29 . The method as defined in claim 28 , wherein a social media posting is made with the information
30 . The method as defined in claim 29 , wherein the social media posting is made to two or more social media sites.
31 . The method as defined in claim 30 , wherein the social media posting is one of a name of the content, a thumbnail view of the content, a sound bite from the content, a rating of the content, or an opinion about the content.
32 . The method as defined in claim 31 , wherein the social media posting is made by a predetermined process.
33 . The method as defined in claim 32 , wherein the social media posting to a first social media site is made with a first predetermined process.
34 . The method as defined in claim 33 , wherein the social media posting to a second social media site is made with a second predetermined process.
35 . An intelligent television system comprising:
a memory operable to store social media data;
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to:
execute a user interface application operable to:
display content by the intelligent television;
receive a selection of a control device associated with the intelligent television; and
execute a social media application in communication with the user interface application, the social media application operable to:
based on the selection, automatically publish information about the content to a social media site.
36 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 35 , wherein the control device is one of an ooh-ahh button on a remote control or a user-selectable ooh-ahh device displayed on a user interface by the intelligent television.
37 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 36 , wherein the social media application is further operable to:
determine a state of the content; and
based on the determination, publish the information, wherein a social media posting is made with the information.
38 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 37 , wherein the social media posting is made to two or more social media sites, wherein the social media posting is made by a predetermined process, wherein the social media posting to a first social media site is made with a first predetermined process, and wherein the social media posting to a second social media site is made with a second predetermined process.
39 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 38 , wherein the social media posting is one of a name of the content, a thumbnail view of the content, a sound bite from the content, a rating of the content, or an opinion about the content.
40 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon processor executable instructions that cause a computing system to execute a method, the instructions comprising:
instructions to display content by the intelligent television;
instructions to receive a selection of a control device associated with the intelligent television; and
based on the selection, instructions to automatically publish information about the content to a social media site.
41 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 40 , wherein the control device is one of an ooh-ahh button on a remote control or a user-selectable ooh-ahh device displayed on a user interface by the intelligent television.
42 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 41 , further comprising instructions to:
determine a state of the content; and
based on the determination, publish the information, wherein a social media posting is made with the information.
43 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 42 , wherein the social media posting is made to two or more social media sites, wherein the social media posting is made by a predetermined process, wherein the social media posting to a first social media site is made with a first predetermined process, and wherein the social media posting to a second social media site is made with a second predetermined process.
44 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 43 , wherein the social media posting is one of a name of the content, a thumbnail view of the content, a sound bite from the content, a rating of the content, or an opinion about the content.