GROUPING EQUIVALENT CONTENT ITEMS
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Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying equivalent content items. A computer system may receive a description of a first content item, the description of the first content item comprising a first set of values for a plurality of content item characteristics. The computer system may compare the first content item to each of a plurality of content items. The comparing may comprise, for each combination of the first content item and one of the plurality of content items, identifying any characteristics from the plurality of content item characteristics for which first content item and the one of the plurality of content items has equivalent values. The computer system may identify at least one content item selected from the plurality of content items. The first content item and the at least one content item have equivalent values for a predetermined pattern of the plurality of content item characteristics. The computer system may write to the memory an indication of a group of equivalent content items comprising the first content item and the identified at least one content item.
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21. A method for updating a user play list in a content provider service, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system, first data indicating that a first content item is to be removed from a digital content library of the content provider service, wherein the first content item is described by a first set of content item characteristic values, the first set of content item characteristic values comprising a first value for a first content item characteristic, and a first value for a second content item characteristic; comparing, by the computer system, the first content item to a second content item described by a second set of content item characteristic values, the second set of content item characteristic values comprising a second value for the first content item characteristic, and a second value for the second content item characteristic; identifying, by the computer system, a set of equivalent content item characteristics having equivalent values in both the first set of content item characteristic values describing the first content item and in the second set of content item characteristic values describing the second content item; determining, by the computer system, that the set of equivalent content item characteristics matches a predetermined pattern of content item characteristics; identifying, by the computer system, a first user play list of a first user of the content provider service that includes a reference to the first content item; removing, by the computer system, from the first user play list the reference to the first content item; and adding, by the computer system, to the first user play list, a reference to the second content item. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for updating a user play list in a content provider service, the system comprising:
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a content provider server comprising a processor and a data storage device in communication with the processor, wherein the data storage device comprises instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the content provider service to; receive first data indicating that a first content item is to be removed from a digital content library of the content provider service, wherein the first content item is described by a first set of content item characteristic values, the first set of content item characteristic values comprising a first value for a first content item characteristic, and a first value for a second content item characteristic; compare the first content item to a second content item described by a second set of content item characteristic values, the second set of content item characteristic values comprising a second value for the first content item characteristic, and a second value for the second content item characteristic; identify a set of equivalent content item characteristics having equivalent values in both the first set of content item characteristic values describing the first content item and in the second set of content item characteristic values describing the second content item; determine that the set of equivalent content item characteristics matches a predetermined pattern of content item characteristics; identify a first user play list of a first user of the content provider service that includes a reference to the first content item; remove from the first user play list the reference to the first content item; and add to the first user play list a reference to the second content item.
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32. A system for updating a user play list in a content provider service, the system comprising:
a content provider server comprising a processor and a data storage device in communication with the processor, wherein the data storage device comprises instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the content provider server to; receive first data indicating that a first content item is to be removed from a digital content library of the content provider service; identify a first group of equivalent content items that includes the first content item; identify a first user play list of a first user of the content provider service that includes a reference to the first content item; select a second content item from the first group of equivalent content items; remove the reference to the first content item from the first user play list; and add a reference to the second content item to the first user play list. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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