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Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on dynamically identifying microgenres associated with the content

  • US 9,092,503 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2013
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user-interface method of selecting and presenting a collection of content items in which the presentation is ordered at least in part based on learning preferred microgenres of content of a user as contained in content items selected by the user, the method comprising:

  • providing access to a content system including a set of content items organized by genre information that characterizes content items of the set of content items, wherein the set of content items contains microgenre metadata further characterizing the content items of the set of content items;

    receiving input for identifying desired content items of the set of content items;

    in response to the input, presenting a subset of the set of content items;

    receiving actions from the user selecting content items from the subset of the set of content items;

    analyzing microgenre metadata within the selected content items to learn preferred microgenres of the user;

    selecting and ranking a collection of content items, wherein content items of the collection of content items containing microgenre metadata matching relatively more learned microgenre preferences of the user are ranked more highly than other content items of the collection of content items containing microgenre metadata matching relatively less learned microgenre preferences of the user; and

    presenting the ranked collection of content items on a display device in an order reflecting the ranking of the content items of the collection of content items.

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