Patent ID: 9201904
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system, identifying a first user viewing video content on a first display device; by one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, identifying the video content being viewed on the first display device by the first user; by one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, determining a second display device associated with the first user; by one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, accessing chat messages from second users, wherein the chat messages are associated with the video content; by one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, applying an automatic filter to the chat messages to identify those that are of particular relevance to the first user; and by one or more computer systems of the social-networking system, sending one or more instructions to the second display device to display the chat messages, as filtered, to the first user; wherein a chat message that is of particular interest to the first user, as identified according to the automatic filter: is associated with a second user who is a friend of the first user as determined from a social graph of the social-networking system; is associated with a second user who has a level of affinity with the first user that is at or above a particular affinity threshold, as determined from a social graph of the social-networking system; has received a number of endorsements from second users that is at or above a particular endorsement threshold; or has received a number of replies from second users that is at or above a particular reply threshold.