Patent ID: 8307066

Claim:
A method for automated digital media content filtration based on relationship monitoring, the method comprising: determining, by a processor, automatically according to a tolerance parameter, a plurality of user relationships, each user relationship based at least in part on an online association between a user and a content producer such that the online association is monitored electronically and at least one online association is monitored independently from an interaction with a first social network site when at least one social network site is associated with a user relationship; monitoring determined user relationships for relationship interactions; interacting with a plurality of independent servers as a third party, to identify digital media content published by content producers having one of the user relationships with the user from the plurality of user relationships, the digital media content comprising at least one digital media content item; determining a relevancy weight for each published digital media content item, the relevancy based on a strength factor derived using monitored relationship interactions between the user and the content producer that published the published digital media content; and presenting the digital media content published by one or more of the content producers to the user such that digital media content having a greater relevancy weight receives a higher priority than other digital media content available to the user from the plurality of content producers by pushing a set of published digital media content items to a media aggregator based on the relevancy weight of each digital media content item and a user-configurable relevancy threshold, the media aggregator and user-configurable relevancy threshold defined in a media aggregator profile associated with the user.