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Granted Patent B2
US 11,647,061 · App. 17/558,766 · Granted May 9, 2023

Group curated media channels

Inventors: Justin Lewis (South San Francisco, CA); Jonathan William Ray (Venice, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
H04L65/403G06Q50/01H04L67/566H04N21/252H04N21/2541H04N21/2668H04N21/4622H04L63/104
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,647,061
App. No.
17/558,766
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for collaboratively generating and/or managing a media channel is provided. The system includes an identification component, a generation component and a permissions component. The identification component identifies a first set of media content associated with a first social group and a second set of media content associated with a second social group. The generation component generates a media channel based on the first and second sets of media content identified as being respectively associated with the first and second social groups. The permissions component grants access to the media channel based at least on permissions generated for the first and second sets of media content in connection with the respective first and second social groups.

Claims (31)

1. A method for presenting media content, the method comprising:

generating a media page associated with a social group for presenting media content, wherein the media content includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media page provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media page;

in response to receiving, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media page, adding the media content item to the media page; and

causing the media page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media page is associated with the social group for presenting a media channel, and wherein the media channel includes the plurality of media content items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media page associated with the social group is a chat interface associated with the social group.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media page associated with the social group is a private asynchronous video chat between the plurality of users in the social group.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of users in the social group is associated with a certain range of a location.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining location information associated with users associated with the social group, wherein the plurality of users in the social group are provided with access to the media page based on the location information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the location information includes a wireless communications network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein access to the media page associated with the social group is based on membership in the social group.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content item added to the media page by the user device was generated by the user device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the media page to be updated to include the added media content item comprises attribution of the addition of the media content item to the media page to the user associated with the user device.

11. A system for presenting media content, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that:

generates a media page associated with a social group for presenting media content, wherein the media content includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media page provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media page;

in response to receiving, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media page, adds the media content item to the media page; and

causes the media page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media page is associated with the social group for presenting a media channel, and wherein the media channel includes the plurality of media content items.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media page associated with the social group is a chat interface associated with the social group.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media page associated with the social group is a private asynchronous video chat between the plurality of users in the social group.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of users in the social group is associated with a certain range of a location.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hardware processor further determines location information associated with users associated with the social group, wherein the plurality of users in the social group are provided with access to the media page based on the location information.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the location information includes a wireless communications network.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein access to the media page associated with the social group is based on membership in the social group.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the media content item added to the media page by the user device was generated by the user device.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein causing the media page to be updated to include the added media content item comprises attribution of the addition of the media content item to the media page to the user associated with the user device.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting media content, the method comprising:

generating a media page associated with a social group for presenting media content, wherein the media content includes a plurality of media content items, wherein the social group includes a plurality of users, and wherein the media page provides an environment for the plurality of users in the social group to asynchronously select the plurality of media content items for inclusion in the media page;

in response to receiving, from a user device associated with a user included in the plurality of users of the social group, a request to add a media content item to the media page, adding the media content item to the media page; and

causing the media page associated with the social group to be updated to include the added media content item.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16534681 · Aug 7, 2019
Continuation 15988778 · May 24, 2018
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