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Systems and methods for facilitating content discovery based on viewer ratings

  • US 10,499,096 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2018
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a first user, associated with a first media device that is remote from a system comprising one or more servers, based at least in part on first information processed by the system;

    processing a first set of one or more indications of ratings of audio and video content, the first set of one or more indications received by the system, via a network, from the first media device associated with the first user and consequent to selections of user-selectable options to rate the audio and video content provided with the first media device;

    retaining ratings information associated with the first user in one or more repositories of the system, the ratings information being at least partially based on the first set of one or more indications;

    matching by the system the first user to a particular category from a set of categories, wherein the first user matches one or more categories from the set of categories, the particular category representing a first classification of a first set of viewers and/or of a first set of audio and video content based at least in part on a first set of attributes defined for the first set of viewers and/or the first set of audio and video content;

    identifying a second user, associated with a second media device that is remote from the system and the first media device, based at least in part on second information processed by the system;

    processing end-user information received by the system from the second media device to determine one or more characteristics of one or more viewing patterns of the second user at least in part by scoring a first match of the second user with a first category as having a first match score and scoring a second match of the second user with a second category as having a second match score based at least in part on differentiating first content that the second user views from second content that the second user records and does not view;

    matching by the system the second user to the first user based at least in part on the determined one or more characteristics of the one or more viewing patterns of the second user;

    selecting the first user and the audio and video content rated by the first user based at least in part on ranking recommendations from a plurality of content raters that comprise the first user, where the ranking is based at least in part on one or both of;

    matching the audio and video content to an associated category associated with the second user, and respective metrics of each content rater of the plurality of content raters;

    selecting by the system descriptive content indicative of the first user and the audio and video content rated by the first user; and

    transmitting the descriptive content from the system via the network to the second media device to cause indication of the descriptive content in association with one or more items of audio and video content and one or more user-selectable options associated with the one or more items of audio and video content.

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