Patent ID: 8572238

Claim:
A method of managing social networking via a web access television (TV) device, comprising: monitoring, via a profile controller associated with the web access TV device, content selected by a user of the web access TV device; the profile controller automatically configuring social network aspects of a web access TV user profile based upon the monitored content selected by the user; the profile controller automatically managing social networking opportunities for the user via the web access TV user profile, where the social networking is carried out between the user of the web access TV device and other users using other web access TV devices, where such web access TV devices are networked together via a global communications network; and where automatically configuring the social network aspects of the web access TV user profile based upon the monitored content selected by the user comprises: performing a network search for available social network websites with content interest groups similar to the monitored content selected by the user; receiving search results comprising the available social network websites with the content interest groups similar to the monitored content selected by the user; automatically generating a list of the available social network websites with the content interest groups similar to the monitored content selected by the user; and associating the generated list of the available social network websites with the content interest groups similar to the monitored content selected by the user with the web access TV user profile.