US 11,799,931 B2Granted

Providing related content using a proxy media content item

AssigneeSpotify AB

InventorVincent Arther Allen

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Abstract

A server system receives an indication of a media content item from a device and determines a first set of values that correspond to characteristics of the indicated media content item. The method further includes analyzing a defined set of media content items to identify a proxy content item. The identified proxy media content item has a second set of values that meets similarity criteria for the first set of values. The method includes generating, from the defined set of media content items, a result set of media content items that are associated with the proxy media content item. The method also includes determining a result set of users of the media content provider associated with the result set of media content items and transmitting, to the device of the user, information associated with the result set of users of the media content provider.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

at a server system of a media-providing service, the server system having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors:
determining a result set of media content items that is related to a respective media content item that does not satisfy a popularity criterion, wherein the popularity criterion for the respective media content item is based on, a number of users that have requested the respective media content item, including:
receiving an indication of the respective media content item from a device of a first user of a media content provider;
determining a first set of values that correspond to characteristics of the respective media content item;
selecting, by the server system, a proxy media content item for the respective media content item, that is not the same media content item as the respective media content item, wherein the selecting is based on:
the proxy media content item having a second set of values that meets similarity criteria for the first set of values and is selected from a defined set of media content items, and
a determination that the proxy media content item satisfies the popularity criterion;
after selecting the proxy media content item, generating, using the proxy media content item as a proxy for the respective media content item, the result set of media content items that is associated with the respective media content item;
determining a result set of users of the media content provider associated with the result set of media content items;
and
transmitting, to the device of the first user, information associated with the result set of users of the media content provider.

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A server system of a media-providing service, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions including:
determining a result set of media content items that is related to a respective media content item that does not satisfy a popularity criterion, wherein the popularity criterion for the respective media content item is based on, a number of users that have requested the respective media content item, including:
receiving an indication of the respective media content item from a device of a first user of a media content provider;
determining a first set of values that correspond to characteristics of the respective media content item;
selecting, by the server system, a proxy media content item for the respective media content item, that is not the same media content item as the respective media content item, wherein the selecting is based on:
the proxy media content item having a second set of values that meets similarity criteria for the first set of values and is selected from a defined set of media content items, and
a determination that the proxy media content item satisfies the popularity criterion;
after selecting the proxy media content item, generating, using the proxy media content item as a proxy for the respective media content item, the result set of media content items that is associated with the respective media content item;
determining a result set of users of the media content provider associated with the result set of media content items;
and
transmitting, to the device of the first user, information associated with the result set of users of the media content provider.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/452,980Filed 26 Jun 2019 · continuation
Priority: 25 Jun 2019
Published: US 2020/0412782 A131 Dec 2020
Granted: 24 Oct 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

H04N 21/8352
Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates: involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
G06N 3/02
Computing arrangements based on biological models: neural networks
H04L 65/612
For supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio: for unicast
H04L 65/613
For supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio: for the control of the source by the destination

Family

Application16/451,780Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Jun 2019
US 2020/0412782 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Dec 2020
US 11,799,930 B2Related patent
US 2020/0412822 A1Published application
US 11,799,931 B2This patent

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