Linking multiple entities associated with media content
View Patent ↗In one embodiment, a method includes determining that media content being viewed by a user comprises a plurality of entities, accessing information indicative of the plurality of entities, and querying a social graph of the social-networking system for social content associated with each of the plurality of entities and one or more other users of the social-networking system. The social graph includes user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The method further includes providing at least a portion of the queried social content from the social graph for display along with the information on a display device of the user.
1. A method comprising:
by one or more computing systems, determining a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;
by the one or more computing systems, querying a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;
by the one or more computing systems, querying the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and
by the one or more computing systems, providing at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of:
a team;
a contestant;
a character;
an individual; or
a player.
3. The method at claim 1 , wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of,
a sporting event;
a game show;
a reality TV show;
a political event show; or
a cooking show.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
by the one or more computing systems, providing one or more of the following for display on the first display device or the second device of the user;
a photo associated with the first or second entity;
a profile image of the first or second entity; and
a logo of the first or second entity.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “like” the first entity.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first display device is a TV; and
the second display device is a smartphone or tablet computer.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the second display device is a mobile computing device; and
the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.
8. 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 a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;
query a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;
query the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and
provide at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.
9. The media of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of:
a team;
a contestant;
a character;
an individual; or
a player.
10. The media of claim 8 , wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of:
a sporting event;
a game show;
a reality TV show;
a political event or show; or
a cooking show.
11. The media of claim 8 , the logic further operable when executed to;
provide one or more of the following for display on the first display device or the second device of the user:
a photo associated with the first or second entity;
a profile image of the first or second entity; and
a logo of the first or second entity.
12. The media of claim 8 , wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “like” the first entity.
13. The media of claim 8 , wherein:
the first display device is a TV; and
the second display device is a smartphone or tablet computer.
14. The media of claim 8 , wherein:
the second display device is a mobile computing device; and
the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.
15. 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 a plurality of entities that are displayed in media content being viewed by a user on a first display device, the plurality of entities comprising at least a first entity and a second entity;
query a graph for first social content associated with the first entity, the graph comprising nodes that are each associated with a respective entity;
query the graph for second social content associated with the second entity; and
provide at least a portion of the queried first and second social content from the graph for display on the first display device or a second device of the user.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of entities comprises one or more of;
a team;
a contestant;
a character;
an individual; or
a player.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the media content being viewed by the user on the first display device comprises one or more of;
a sporting event;
a game show;
a reality TV show;
a political event or show; or
a cooking show.
18. The system of claim 15 , the processor further operable:
provide one or more of the following for display on the first display evice or the second device of the user;
a photo associated with the first or second entity;
a profile image of the first or second entity; and
a logo of the first or second entity.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first social content comprises an indication of a number of other users who have previously indicated that they “like” the first entity.
20. The system of claim 15 , wherein:
the first display device is a TV;
the second display device is a mobile computing device; and
the queried first and second social content from the graph are displayed in a mobile application running on the mobile computing device.