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Content sorting and channel definition technology

  • US 9,357,249 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/2014
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing channel information to users of a content delivery network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a content curator, input defining multiple content links to include in a channel associated with the content curator, each content link including an address at which content is made available over a network;

    determining, using a network server system, supplemental channel information that facilitates user experience of content linked to by at least one of the multiple content links;

    defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator based on the multiple content links and the supplemental channel information; and

    publishing, using the network server system, the defined channel information at a channel link for the channel associated with the content curator to make the defined channel information available to user devices of a content delivery network, the channel link being a network address at which the defined channel information is made available to the user devices of the content delivery network,wherein determining, using the network server system, supplemental channel information that facilitates user experience of content linked to by at least one of the multiple content links comprises determining, using the network server system, one or more hot indices for at least one of the multiple content links included in the channel associated with the content curator by;

    monitoring users viewing behavior when viewing content linked to by a particular content link from the multiple content links included in the channel associated with the content curator;

    based on the monitoring, collecting viewing behavior analytics data for the content linked to by the particular content link;

    automatically creating, without human intervention, one or more hot indices for the content linked to by the particular content link based on the viewing behavior analytics data, each of the one or more hot indices pointing to a different position within the content linked to by the particular content link; and

    storing, in association with the particular content link and for each of the one or more automatically created hot indices, timing data that indicates the position within the content linked to by the particular content link pointed to by the corresponding hot index, andwherein defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator comprises defining, using the network server system, channel information for the channel associated with the content curator based on the multiple content links and the one or more hot indices.

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