Personalized content suggestions for subscribers of a channel of a content sharing platform

• US 9,208,237 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kosslyn, David, Conrads, Alexandra, Sassoon, Josh, Peterson, Stace
• Primary Examiner(s): NABI, REZA U
• Application Number:
  US13/754,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215349A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 715/745
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A method for providing personalized content suggestions for subscribers of a channel of a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes determining that a user accessing a page of a channel of a content sharing platform is a subscriber of the channel. The method also includes accessing a viewing history of the user, the viewing history identifying content items of the content sharing platform that have been accessed by the user. The method further includes providing a user interface on the page of the channel, the user interface tailored to the user and the channel based on the user being a subscriber of the channel and the accessed viewing history of the user.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, a user request identifying a channel of a plurality of channels of a content sharing platform, the plurality of channels to be presented to a user via channel graphical user interfaces (GUIs) providing information about respective channels of the content sharing platform, wherein the user request is responsive to user input;

determining, by the processing device, that the user is subscribed to the channel identified in the user request;

determining, based on a viewing history of the user, a predetermined number of content items associated with the channel, the predetermined number of content items comprising content items that the user recently viewed;

determining, based on the viewing history and metadata associated with content items of the viewing history, one or more recommended content items for the user;

generating an abbreviated version of an activity feed of the channel, the abbreviated version comprising a shorter version of the activity feed; and

modifying, in response to the user being a subscriber of the channel, a channel GUI of the channel to comprise the predetermined number of content items, the one or more recommended content items, and the abbreviated version of the activity feed, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is modified for presentation to the user in response to the user request identifying the channel, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is associated with an owner of the channel, and wherein the one or more recommended content items comprises a content item specified by the owner of the channel for inclusion in the one or more recommended content items presented in a portion of the channel GUI of the channel.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein modifying the channel GUI comprises modifying the portion of the channel GUI that is located at a top section of the channel GUI.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more recommended content items comprise a content item that is next in a series of episodes of content items of the channel, wherein the user has not viewed the content item that is next.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising correlating the metadata of the content items to determine one or more preferences of the user, the one or more preferences utilized for the determining the one or more recommended content items.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the metadata associated with the content items comprises at least one of a genre of the content item, keywords describing the content item, an episode number of the content item, or an author of the content item.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the channel GUI comprises a document rendered in HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a user request identifying a channel of a plurality of channels of a content sharing platform, the plurality of channels to be presented to a user via channel graphical user interfaces (GUIs) providing information about respective channels of the content sharing platform, wherein the user request is responsive to user input;

determining, by the processing device, that the user is subscribed to the channel identified in the user request;

determining, based on a viewing history of the user, a predetermined number of content items associated with the channel, the predetermined number of content items comprising content items that the user recently viewed;

determining, based on the viewing history and metadata associated with content items of the viewing history, one or more recommended content items for the user;

generating an abbreviated version of an activity feed of the channel, the abbreviated version comprising a shorter version of the activity feed; and

modifying, in response to the user being a subscriber of the channel, a channel GUI of the channel to comprise the predetermined number of content items, the one or more recommended content items, and the abbreviated version of the activity feed, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is modified for presentation to the user in response to the user request identifying the channel, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is associated with an owner of the channel, and wherein the one or more recommended content items comprises a content item specified by the owner of the channel for inclusion in the one or more recommended content items presented in a portion of the channel GUI of the channel.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein modifying the channel GUI comprises modifying the portion of the channel GUI that is located at a top section of the channel GUI.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more recommended content items comprise a content item that is next in a series of episodes of content items of the channel, wherein the user has not viewed the content item that is next.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising correlating the metadata of the content items to determine one or more preferences of the user, the one or more preferences utilized for the determining the one or more recommended content items.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the metadata associated with the content items comprises at least one of a genre of the content item, keywords describing the content item, an episode number of the content item, or an author of the content item.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the channel GUI comprises a document rendered in HyperText Markup Language (HTML).

13. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, coupled to the memory, to;

receive a user request identifying a channel of a plurality of channels of a content sharing platform, the plurality of channels to be presented to a user via channel graphical user interfaces (GUIs) providing information about respective channels of the content sharing platform, wherein the user request is responsive to user input;

determine that the user is subscribed to the channel identified in the user request;

determine, based on a viewing history of the user, a predetermined number of content items associated with the channel, the predetermined number of content items comprising content items that the user recently viewed;

determine, based on the viewing history and metadata associated with content items of the viewing history, one or more recommended content items for the user;

generate an abbreviated version of an activity feed of the channel, the abbreviated version comprising a shorter version of the activity feed; and

modify, in response to the user being a subscriber of the channel, a channel GUI of the channel to comprise the predetermined number of content items, the one or more recommended content items, and the abbreviated version of the activity feed, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is modified for presentation to the user in response to the user request identifying the channel, wherein the channel GUI of the channel is associated with an owner of the channel, and wherein the one or more recommended content items comprises a content item specified by the owner of the channel for inclusion in the one or more recommended content items presented in a portion of the channel GUI of the channel.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing device is to modify the channel GUI by modifying the portion of the channel GUI that is located at a top section of the channel GUI.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more recommended content items comprise a content item that is next in a series of episodes of content items of the channel, wherein the user has not viewed the content item that is next.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing device is to correlate the metadata of the content items to determine one or more preferences of the user, the one or more preferences utilized for the determining the one or more recommended content items.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the metadata associated with the content items comprises at least one of a genre of the content item, keywords describing the content item, an episode number of the content item, or an author of the content item.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the channel GUI comprises a document rendered in HyperText Markup Language (HTML).