SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT
A method includes monitoring media content at media content locations to identify media content items. The media content locations are identified in social network data stored by a set-top box device. The method includes receiving, at the set-top box device, a command to present image cells to a display device. The command is responsive to an alert sent from the set-top box device. The method also includes presenting the image cells at the display device. At least one of the image cells includes an image corresponding to an identified media content item.
1 . A method of presenting media content, the method comprising:
providing a first view including multiple image cells to a destination device of a first user, wherein at least one cell of the multiple image cells includes an image;
automatically collecting a second image from a third party website associated with a second user; and
providing a second view to the destination device, the second view including the multiple image cells having the image and including the second image.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving permission of the first user before inserting the second image into one of the multiple image cells of the second view.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second image is inserted into one of the multiple image cells automatically upon collection.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple image cells are arranged in date order.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple image cells comprise rows and columns of image cells, and wherein each row is associated with a web site location.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically collecting a third image from a website associated with a third user; and
providing a third view to the destination device, the third view including the multiple image cells having the image and the second image and including the third image.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user, the second user, and the third user comprise a computer-based social network.
8 . A system to present media content, the system comprising:
an interface to a network;
logic coupled to the interface, the logic to generate a first view including multiple image cells, wherein at least one image cell of the multiple image cells includes an image, the logic to automatically collect a second image from a third party website associated with a second user, the logic to generate a second view including the multiple image cells having the image and including the second image.
9 . The system of claim 8 , further comprising a memory accessible to the logic to store the image and to store a thumbnail image of the second image and a pointer to the website associated with the second image.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the logic is adapted to provide the second view to a destination device via the network.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the logic accesses a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed associated with the website to identify modified content.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic retrieves a third image from the website associated with the second viewer in response to identifying modified content.
13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the logic is to retrieve audio data related to the website associated with the second user.
14 . A method of presenting media content, the method comprising:
providing a first graphical user interface (GUI) to a destination device, the first GUI to receive one or more identifiers of one or more other users forming a social network associated with a user account, each identifier within the social network associated with one or more websites accessible to the one or more other users;
automatically collecting data related to media content from a selected third party website of the one or more websites; and
generating a second GUI including multiple image cells, wherein at least one cell of the multiple image cells includes an image related to the collected data or to the media content.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising providing the second GUI to the destination device.
16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the data comprises an image.
17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the data comprises a link to an audio file.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the data comprises a link to a multimedia data stream.
19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the social network comprises a first user associated with the destination device and a second user associated with at least one of the one or more websites.
20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the multiple image cells are arranged in date order.