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 providing social media on an intelligent television, the method comprising:
receiving one or more social media postings;
receiving, by a processor of the intelligent television, a selection to provide a social media application;
determining a state associated with a social media posting;
providing a user interface, for the social media application, having the social media posting displayed based on the state.
26 . The method as defined in claim 25 , wherein the state is associated with metadata about the social media posting.
27 . The method as defined in claim 26 , wherein the state is a date at which the social media posting was published.
28 . The method as defined in claim 27 , wherein the user interface is a timeline view having two or more social media postings displayed by the date.
29 . The method as defined in claim 28 , wherein the user interface includes a demarcation, wherein the demarcation is associated with the date.
30 . The method as defined in claim 29 , wherein a first social media posting to a left of the demarcation was published before a second social media posting to a right of the demarcation.
31 . The method as defined in claim 30 , wherein the demarcation includes a visual indicia of the date.
32 . The method as defined in claim 31 , wherein a second state is a number of views of the social media posting.
33 . The method as defined in claim 32 , wherein a first social media posting having a larger thumbnail representation has been viewed more than a second social media posting with a smaller thumbnail representation.
34 . The method as defined in claim 33 , wherein a user moves a focus to a thumbnail representation of the social media posting and selects a remote control device or button to view the social media posting.
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 social media application operable to:
receive one or more social media postings;
determine a state associated with a social media posting;
execute a user interface application in communication with the social media application, the user interface application operable to:
receive a selection to provide a social media application; and
provide a user interface, for the social media application, having the social media posting displayed based on the state.
36 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 35 , wherein the state is associated with metadata about the social media posting.
37 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 36 , wherein the state is a date at which the social media posting was published, wherein the user interface is a timeline view having two or more social media postings displayed by the date, wherein the user interface includes a demarcation, wherein the demarcation is associated with the date, wherein a first social media posting to a left of the demarcation was published before a second social media posting to a right of the demarcation, and wherein the demarcation includes a visual indicia of the date.
38 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 37 , wherein a second state is a number of views of the social media posting, and wherein a first social media posting having a larger thumbnail representation has been viewed more than a second social media posting with a smaller thumbnail representation.
39 . The intelligent television system as defined in claim 38 , wherein a user moves a focus to a thumbnail representation of the social media posting and selects a remote control device or button to view the social media posting.
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 receive one or more social media postings;
instructions to determine a state associated with a social media posting;
instructions to receive a selection to provide a social media application; and
instructions to provide a user interface, for the social media application, having the social media posting displayed based on the state.
41 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 40 , wherein the state is associated with metadata about the social media posting.
42 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 41 , wherein the state is a date at which the social media posting was published, wherein the user interface is a timeline view having two or more social media postings displayed by the date, wherein the user interface includes a demarcation, wherein the demarcation is associated with the date, wherein a first social media posting to a left of the demarcation was published before a second social media posting to a right of the demarcation, and wherein the demarcation includes a visual indicia of the date.
43 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 42 , wherein a second state is a number of views of the social media posting, and wherein a first social media posting having a larger thumbnail representation has been viewed more than a second social media posting with a smaller thumbnail representation.
44 . The computer readable medium as defined in claim 43 , wherein a user moves a focus to a thumbnail representation of the social media posting and selects a remote control device or button to view the social media posting.