PRIORITIZATION IN A CONTINUOUS VIDEO PLAYBACK EXPERIENCE
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1. A method of providing image content to a user, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a client device, a selection of a channel from a user, the channel comprising a list of links to image content files;
receiving a request to play the content image files in a continuous playback mode;
sending a request to a server system for data associated with one or more of the image content files for the selected channel; and
receiving the data, wherein an order of the received data is based on feedback from other users about the image content files of the channel.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide ordered (e.g. ranked) lists of content items as a suggested list of items to watch. The ordered list can be based on feedback from other users. The content items can also be presented (e.g. in a continuous playback mode) to a passive user so that the user does not have to actively select a next item to watch. This passive mode can select a next item (e.g. from a list that is updated based on recent user feedback), and the item can be queued on a client device for playing to a user. Content items can also be provided from different independent servers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing image content to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a client device, a selection of a channel from a user, the channel comprising a list of links to image content files; receiving a request to play the content image files in a continuous playback mode; sending a request to a server system for data associated with one or more of the image content files for the selected channel; and receiving the data, wherein an order of the received data is based on feedback from other users about the image content files of the channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a client device, a plurality of content items from one or more servers; receiving one or more content files associated with a first set of the content items, the first set being at a top of an ordered list of the plurality of content items; creating a queue of the received content files; playing, by the client device to a user, the one or more received content files as a stream of content; determining, by the client device, whether the queue of remaining content files is smaller than a threshold; and when the queue is smaller than the threshold, requesting content files associated with a second set of one or more content items, wherein the second set of content items are to be played following the first set of content items. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a client device, a list of links from one or more servers, the links associated with a plurality of image content files; receiving one or more content files associated with a first set of the links, the first set being at a top of an order of the list; creating a queue of the received links; playing, by the client device to a user, the one or more received content files as a stream of content; determining, by the client device, whether the queue of remaining links is smaller than a threshold; and when the queue is smaller than the threshold, requesting by the client device and from at least one of the servers, a second set of one or more links, wherein second content associated with the second set of one or more links are to be played following the first set of links. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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