Patent ID: 11907292
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
identifying a first person in a video being transmitted for display, wherein the video is associated with a location and an event;
accessing a first profile of the first person on a social media platform;
identifying a second person indicated as being related to the first person based on data of a database, wherein the database corresponds to the social media platform;
determining that the second person is proximate to the location associated with the transmitted video of the first person by:
determining that a global positioning system (“GPS”) device that is operated by the second person indicates that the second person is proximate to the location associated with the transmitted video of the first person, wherein the location associated with the transmitted video of the first person is a location where the video is being filmed; and

in response to the determining that the second person is proximate to the location associated with the transmitted video of the first person:
causing to be generated for display, simultaneously with the display of the video, at least a portion of a social media component of the social media platform of the second person, wherein the social media component of the social media platform of the second person is a personal space that the second person maintains on the social media platform.