Method and device for recommendation of media content

A computing device for recommending media items stored in a media content library to a user, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the processors, the one or more program modules further comprising instructions for:
• assigning a plurality of labels to the media items, each label corresponding to a respective one of the media items;
• for each of the plurality of labels,
• computing a label score for the label based on a first ratio of a count of media items stored in the media content library having the label and a count of media items stored in the media content library and a second ratio between a total amount of user-assigned scores of the media items having the label and the first ratio;
• identifying, within the media content library, a first plurality of media items having the label;
• excluding, from the first plurality of media items having the label, media items that have been made accessible to the user during a predefined time period to obtain a second plurality of media items having the label;
• ranking the second plurality of media items having the label in accordance with their respective user-assigned scores;
• and
• selecting, based on the ranking, a predetermined number of recommended media items having highest user-assigned scores to be recommended to the user;
• selecting a first subset of labels having highest label scores from the plurality of labels in accordance with their respective label scores;
• identifying, within the media content library, a list of recommended media items corresponding to the first subset of labels;
• sorting the list of recommended media items in a descending order based on their respective user scores and corresponding label scores;
• and
• pushing the sorted list to a user terminal associated with the user.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for recommending media items stored in a media content library to a user, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more program modules that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a plurality of operations including:

• assigning a plurality of labels to the media items, each label corresponding to a respective one of the media items;
• for each of the plurality of labels,
• computing a label score for the label based on a first ratio of a count of media items stored in the media content library having the label and a count of media items stored in the media content library and a second ratio between a total amount of user-assigned scores of the media items having the label and the first ratio;
• identifying, within the media content library, a first plurality of media items having the label;
• excluding, from the first plurality of media items having the label, media items that have been made accessible to the user during a predefined time period to obtain a second plurality of media items having the label;
• ranking the second plurality of media items having the label in accordance with their respective user-assigned scores;
• and
• selecting, based on the ranking, a predetermined number of recommended media items having highest user-assigned scores to be recommended to the user;
• selecting a first subset of labels having highest label scores from the plurality of labels in accordance with their respective label scores;
• identifying, within the media content library, a list of recommended media items corresponding to the first subset of labels;
• sorting the list of recommended media items in a descending order based on their respective user scores and corresponding label scores;
• and
• pushing the sorted list to a user terminal associated with the user.