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US 10,455,266 B2Granted
Personalized smart-list video channels
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorLewis Anthony Hunt
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing one or more streams of digital content to a user. A request for content may be received by a video content provider from a client device. Digital content may be determined by the video content provider, encoded in a stream, and transmitted to the client device. The digital content may be determined based at least in part on a user and/or the client device requesting the digital content.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code executable by at least one computing device, wherein the computer-readable program code, when executed, causes the at least one computing device to:
- access a request received from a client device over a network to initiate a personalized media session in a client application executable on the client device, the request comprising a designation of a first media channel;
- determine a plurality of media titles based at least in part on data corresponding to a user account associated with the client application and the designation of the first media channel, the plurality of media titles being determined based at least in part on a similarity of the plurality of media titles with other media titles consumed in association with the user account;
- encode a plurality of previews for the plurality of media titles into a first media stream of seamless previews;
- cause a transmission of the first media stream to the client device over the network;
- while the first media stream is shown on the client device, cause a transition from the transmission of the first media stream to a transmission of a second media stream of seamless previews associated with a second media channel in response to a change request received from the client device, the second media stream comprising at least one different preview associated with a plurality of different media titles determined based at least in part on the data corresponding to the user account and a designation of the second media channel, the change request generated in response to a manipulation of a change channel component performed via the client application;
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- cause a user interface component to be rendered via the client application, the user interface component being configured to control switching a user interface between an active mode and a passive mode, wherein the active mode of the user interface is configured for a greater number of user actions in order to purchase or rent one of the plurality of different media titles than the passive mode.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one computing device;
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- an application executable in the at least one computing device, the application comprising instructions that, when executed, cause that the at least one computing device to at least:
- determine a plurality of media titles based at least in part on data corresponding to a user account of a client application performing a personalized media session and a designation of a first media channel specified in association with the user account, the plurality of media titles being determined based at least in part on a similarity of the plurality of media titles with other media titles consumed in association with the user account;
- encode a plurality of previews for the plurality of media titles into a first media stream of seamless previews;
- cause a transmission of the first media stream to a client device executing the client application over a network;
- while the first media stream is shown on the client device, cause a transition from the transmission of the first media stream to a transmission of a second media stream of seamless previews associated with a second media channel in response to a change request received from the client device, the second media stream comprising at least one different preview associated with a plurality of different media titles determined based at least in part on the data corresponding to the user account and a designation of the second media channel, the change request generated in response to a manipulation of a first user interface component performed in the client application;
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- cause a second user interface component to be rendered via the client application, the second user interface component being configured to control switching a user interface between an active mode and a passive mode, wherein the active mode of the user interface is configured for a greater number of user actions in order to purchase or rent one of the plurality of different media titles than the passive mode.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- determining, by at least one computing device, a plurality of media titles based at least in part on data corresponding to a user account of a client application for inclusion in a personalized media session tailored to the user account and a designation of a first media channel specified in association with the user account, the plurality of media titles being determined based at least in part on a similarity of the plurality of media titles with other media titles of interest to the user account;
- encoding, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of previews of the plurality of media titles into a first media stream of seamless previews;
- causing, by the at least one computing device, a transmission of the first media stream to a client device executing the client application over a network;
- while the first media stream is shown on the client device, causing, by the at least one computing device, a transition from the transmission of the first media stream to a transmission of a second media stream of seamless previews associated with a second media channel in response to a change request received from the client device, the second media stream comprising at least one different preview associated with a plurality of different media titles determined based at least in part on the data corresponding to the user account and a designation of the second media channel, the change request generated in response to a manipulation of a first user interface component performed in the client application;
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- causing, by the at least one computing device, a second user interface component to be rendered via the client application, the second user interface component being configured to control switching a user interface between an active mode and a passive mode, wherein the active mode of the user interface is configured for a greater number of user actions in order to purchase or rent one of the plurality of different media titles than the passive mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.