Patent ID: 8589795
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing viewing information of a first user comprising the steps of: receiving a designation of a second user from the first user; receiving, from the first user, a designation of a class of video that describes a characteristic of video for determining which viewing information should be restricted from sharing with the second user; determining a set of videos for the first user; filtering the set of videos to remove any videos belonging to the class of video that satisfy the characteristic of video; generating first user viewing information for the filtered set of videos, wherein the first viewing information does not include first user viewing information for the removed videos; transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user; upon receiving the designation of the second user, accepting a selection of a video for playback from the second user, wherein the video is played by the second user; determining the first user designated the second user in the first user viewing information; determining if the second user is in a same physical household as the first user; if the first user is in the same household as the second user, transmitting a prompt to the second user to determine if the second user would like to share the video with the first user, wherein the video currently being viewed by the second user is transmitted in a single stream to the first user and the second user.