Patent ID: 8769422

Claim:
A method for facilitating interaction with a social networking system via a media device operated by a user, comprising: receiving from a broadcast system program data that represents a media content event and information about the media content event; presenting a user interface control that is automatically populated with at least some of the obtained program data; receiving user input responsive to the presented user interface control; automatically determining a source for the media content event other than the broadcast system; generating a message that includes a uniform resource locator identifying the source for the media content event other than the broadcast system, the at least some of the obtained program data and the received user input; transmitting the message to the social networking system, thereby causing the social networking system to notify members of a social network of the user about the media content event; and causing a second media device associated with one of the members of the social network to record the media content event, by including in the transmitted message an instruction to record the media content event.