RATING MEDIA ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING RECOMMENDATION PATHS AND/OR MEDIA ITEM USAGE
First Claim
1. A method of rating media item recommendations that are sent from a sending user to a recipient user, at a server, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a report of a media item being recommended from a sending user to a recipient user; and
altering a recommendation rating associated with the media item in memory in response to receiving the report.
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Abstract
A media item recommendation rating system and method. A recommendation rating for media items is established and dynamically updated in response to media items being recommended to other users. A recommendation server or other device receives a report of a media item recommendation and updates a recommendation rating in response. The recommendation rating may also be updated based on how often a recommended media item is used or played. Thus, a media item'"'"'s recommendation rating is affected by events relating to its recommendation, as opposed simple play-based ratings that are updated on any play action regardless of whether related to a recommendation or not. Simple play-based ratings do not distinguish between ordinary usages or plays and those resulting from recommendations. Recommendation of a media item to another user may be a better indicator of the user'"'"'s likeability or popularity of a given media item, since a recommendation is an endorsement by another.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of rating media item recommendations that are sent from a sending user to a recipient user, at a server, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a report of a media item being recommended from a sending user to a recipient user; and altering a recommendation rating associated with the media item in memory in response to receiving the report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A media item recommendation rating system, comprising:
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a recommendation server; the recommendation server adapted to; receive a report of a media item being recommended from a sending user to a recipient user; and alter a recommendation rating associated with the media item in memory in response to receiving the report. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A user interface generated by a client application executing on microprocessor-based user device, comprising:
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a media item table; the media item table comprising media columns, comprising; a media item title column comprised of a plurality of different media titles for a plurality of associated media items; and a recommendation rating column located proximate the media item title column comprised of recommendation rating for one or more media items, which are associated with and located proximately to one or more of the plurality of different media titles, wherein the recommendation rating comprises a rating altered in response to the media item having been recommended by a sending user. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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