Inventors:
Peter T Barrett - San Francisco CA, US
Ronald A Morris - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
H04N 7/26
US Classification:
386293, 386291, 386296, 386298, 386299, 705 146, 705 1449, 705 1453, 705 1455, 705 267, 705300, 380211, 725 46
Abstract:
Recorded programs ranked based on social networks is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor maintains recorded on-demand assets that can be requested by client devices to render as television media content for viewing. For a Network Digital Video Recording (nDVR) system, the recorded on-demand assets are recorded when initially distributed to the client devices as scheduled television media content. The content distributor can form a social network of members based on association(s) of viewers that correspond to one or more of the client devices, and can determine recommended on-demand assets from different ones of the recorded on-demand assets for the members of the social network. The content distributor can then communicate a recommended on-demand asset to a client device that corresponds to a member of the social network where the recommended on-demand asset is communicated for viewing without receiving a viewer selection of the recommended on-demand asset.