Patent ID: 7966638

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of sharing media content, comprising: displaying a media program on a television and receiving, from a viewer of the television, a command to share a recommendation of the media program with one or more friends; displaying indicators for a plurality of friends associated with a user; receiving a selection of the one or more friends, from the plurality of friends, to which the viewer would like to share the recommendation of the media program; and in response to the command to share the recommendation of the media program with the one or more friends: transmitting an indication soliciting a comment for the media program from a computing device that is in direct communication with the television to a mobile device of the viewer, wherein the mobile device is separate from the television; receiving at the computing device and from the mobile device the comment that was authored by the viewer in response to the indication soliciting the comment; and causing (i) the recommendation of the media program displayed on the television to be sent to one or more accounts associated with the one or more friends, and (ii) at least part of the comment to be sent to the one or more accounts associated with the one or more friends.