Patent ID: 9686590
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: retrieving, by a processor, a user profile associated with a user logged into a content distribution application; delivering, by the processor, media content to the user; receiving, by the processor from the user, a tag for the media content; associating, by the processor, the tag with the media content; annotating, by the processor, the user profile with a rating for the media content; determining, by the processor, a second media content based on the rating; retrieving, by the processor, buddies of the user, the buddies determined from the user profile; receiving, by the processor from the user, a selection of a buddy from the buddies; determining, by the processor, whether the buddy is active, wherein the buddy is active when the buddy is logged into the content distribution application and logged into a third party messaging application; wherein, when the buddy is active, delivering, by the processor, the tagged content to the buddy; and wherein, when the buddy is not active, annotating, by the processor, the tagged content with delivery information identifying the buddy; delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the user; and delivering, by the processor, the second media content to the buddy.