Selecting Friends In A Network Of Friends Loosely Coupled To A Subscription Service

摘要

A server and method are provided for suggesting a friend in a network of friends. In general, a user profile of a user of a user device is compared to user profiles of other users of a plurality of user devices that are also subscribers of subscription media services. A media collection of the user of the user device is compared to media collections of the other users that are also subscribers of subscription media services. One of the users of the other ones of the plurality of user devices having a user profile that has a high correlation to the user profile of the user of the first user device and a media collection that has a low correlation to the media collection of the user of the first user device is selected as the new friend for the user of the user device