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Smart playlist

  • US 10,419,817 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2017
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • accessing a database to obtain content utilization data of a plurality of client devices, each client device associated with a respective viewer of a plurality of viewers, wherein the content utilization data for a first viewer from the plurality of viewers is indicative of an interest of the first viewer in respective content items, and wherein the plurality of viewers comprises a second viewer who is not identified as a social connection of the first viewer;

    automatically generating, by a computer system, a list of popular content items that are currently popular among the plurality of viewers based on the content utilization data;

    customizing, by the computer system, the list of popular content items to generate a playlist, the customizing based on profile data of the first viewer , wherein the customizing is performed by the computer system and comprises;

    generating a score for each item from the list of popular content items based on the profile data of the first viewer; and

    including items in the playlist based on at least some of the scores of the items from the list of popular content items; and

    based on the generating of the playlist, automatically sending, by the computer system, to a client device of the first viewer, an instruction that causes the client device to perform an operation for an item of the items included in the playlist.

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