System and method of filtering recommenders in a media item recommendation system
First Claim
1. A method of filtering recommenders in a media item recommendation system, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a media item recommendation for a media item sent from a recommender to a recipient;
determining whether at least one tag of a plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches a current selection criterion established by the recipient, the at least one tag characterizing at least one of the recommender and the media item;
sending the media item recommendation to the recipient if the at least one tag of the plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches the current selection criterion wherein the media item recommendation is not sent to the recipient if the at least one tag does not match the current selection criterion;
determining if any one of the plurality of tags logically conflicts with another of the plurality of tags by determining that the any one of the plurality of tags is mutually exclusive with any other of the plurality of tags; and
providing an alert to the recipient if there is a logical conflict between any of the plurality of tags.
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Abstract
A system and method of allowing a recipient to control and customize filtering of recommenders in a media item recommendation system. Filtering recommenders allows the recipient to control from which recommenders media item recommendations can be received. Recommenders may be filtered using a tag associated by the recipient with the recommender. The tag may be any attribute. If the recommender is tagged with the attribute matching a current selection criterion established by the recipient, media item recommendations from the recommender may be sent to the recipient. If the recommender is not tagged with the attribute matching the current selection criterion, the recommender is filtered out and the media item recommendation from the recommender may not be sent to the recipient. The recipient may define the current selection criterion by setting a presentation channel.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of filtering recommenders in a media item recommendation system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a media item recommendation for a media item sent from a recommender to a recipient; determining whether at least one tag of a plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches a current selection criterion established by the recipient, the at least one tag characterizing at least one of the recommender and the media item; sending the media item recommendation to the recipient if the at least one tag of the plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches the current selection criterion wherein the media item recommendation is not sent to the recipient if the at least one tag does not match the current selection criterion; determining if any one of the plurality of tags logically conflicts with another of the plurality of tags by determining that the any one of the plurality of tags is mutually exclusive with any other of the plurality of tags; and providing an alert to the recipient if there is a logical conflict between any of the plurality of tags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for filtering recommenders in a media item recommendation system, comprising:
a control system, wherein the control system is adapted to; receive a media item recommendation for a media item sent from a recommender to a recipient; determine whether at least one tag of a plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches a current selection criterion established by the recipient, the at least one tag characterizing at least one of the recommender and the media item; send the media item recommendation to the recipient if the at least one tag of the plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches the current selection criterion wherein the media item recommendation is not sent to the recipient if the at least one tag does not match the current selection criterion; determine if any one of the plurality of tags logically conflicts with another of the plurality of tags by determining that the any one of the plurality of tags is mutually exclusive with any other of the plurality of tags; and provide an alert to the recipient if there is a logical conflict between any of the plurality of tags. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for instructing a computer to:
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receive a media item recommendation for a media item sent from a recommender to a recipient; determine whether at least one tag of a plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches a current selection criterion established by the recipient, the at least one tag characterizing at least one of the recommender and the media item; send the media item recommendation to the recipient if the at least one tag of the plurality of tags associated with the recommender matches the current selection criterion wherein the media item recommendation is not sent to the recipient if the at least one tag does not match the current selection criterion; and determine if any one of the plurality of tags logically conflicts with another of the plurality of tags by determining that the any one of the plurality of tags is mutually exclusive with any other of the plurality of tags; and provide an alert to the recipient if there is a logical conflict between any of the plurality of tags. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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