Google Inc.

Ruxandra Georgiana Paun

Justin Lewis

A method may include in response to a user request for a playlist, identifying a plurality of media items from the playlist, determining whether a media item from the playlist is available for a playback on a user device, in response to a determination that the media item is not available for the playback on the user device, causing the use device to play another media item, and in response to a determination that the media item is available for the playback on the user device, causing the user device to play the media item.

Mechanism to handle interrupted playback experience for media items in playlists

Systems and methods are disclosed for a first application associated with a first media sharing platform to incorporate context of a post from a second application associated with a second media sharing platform into a first user interface (UI) of the first application associated with the first media sharing platform. The method includes receiving, based on a post from a second UI of the second application, a user request pertaining to a media content item referenced in the post in the second UI of the second application, the second UI comprising post content associated with the media content item and a first plurality of UI elements. The method further includes presenting, within the first UI of the first application, the post content from the second UI of the second application and at least one control corresponding to at least one control from the second UI of the second application, the first UI to present a second plurality of UI elements and the post content separately from the media player. The method also includes upon a selection of one of the second plurality of UI elements, causing the user to be returned to the second UI of the second application and to be presented with the post, the post content and the one or more first UI elements in the second UI.

Providing content presentation elements in conjunction with a media content item

A method may include in response to a user request for a playlist, identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of media items from the playlist, for each of the plurality of media items, determining whether a respective media item is available for a playback on a user device, in response to a determination that the respective media item is not available for the playback on the user device, causing the use device to advance to a next media item on the playlist without user interaction, and in response to a determination that the respective media item is available for the playback on the user device, causing the user device to play the respective media item.

Methods, systems, and media for presenting an advertisement are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing an advertisement to be presented in connection with presentation of a video having content associated with an application, wherein the advertisement includes information indicating one or more virtual items associated with the application available for purchase; receiving a user input indicating a purchase of at least one of the one or more virtual items; causing payment information to be collected based on a user account associated with a request for presentation of the video to complete the purchase; and transmitting information indicating the completed purchase to an entity associated with the application.

Methods, systems, and media for presenting an advertisement that facilitates the purchase of content associated with an application

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically displaying hyperlinks in a video based on various factors associated with a device at which the video is played and/or a user of the device. In one or more aspects, a system includes a request component configured to receive a request to play a video hosted by a media provider. The system further includes a selection component configured to select a subset of links included in a set of links associated with the video to provide with the video when it is played in response to the request based in part on a number of links included in the set of links, wherein graphical elements respectively representative of the links included in the subset of links are configured to be displayed over the video when the video is played in response to the request.

Conditional display of hyperlinks in a video

Systems and methods are disclosed for a first media sharing platform to incorporate context of a post from a second media sharing platform into a first user interface of the first media sharing platform. A system includes a processor that receives, via a post displayed in a second user interface of the second media sharing platform, a user request pertaining to a media content item referenced in the post in the second user interface identifying the media content item and comprising post content associated with the media content item and a first plurality of user interface (UI) elements. The processor provides one or more first UI elements of the first plurality of UI elements and the post content from the second user interface for presentation within the first user interface. Upon a selection of one of a second plurality of UI elements presented separately from the media player in the first user interface, the processor causes the user to be returned to the second user interface of the second media sharing platform and to be presented with the post, the post content and the one or more first UI elements in the second user interface.

A processing device identifies a set of content items to be included in a feed displayed to a user of a social network platform in a user interface of the social network platform, wherein the set of content items are identified as candidates for inclusion in the feed based on a ranking score of each content item from the set of content items, and wherein the ranking score of each content item is generated in addition to identifying one or more bucketing tokens for a respective content item from the set of content items. For each content item from the set of content items, the processing device identifies one or more bucketing tokens, wherein each bucketing token comprises an identifier that identifies a plurality of content items as being associated with a group of users that have similar interests. Further, the processing device adjust a ranking score of each content item from the set of content items that has at least one bucketing token matching a bucketing token associated with the user of the social network platform, wherein the set of content items to be included in the feed displayed to the user in the user interface of the social network platform is to be modified based on adjusted ranking scores of respective content items from the set of content items.

Ranking algorithms using unique bucketing identifiers

Systems and methods are disclosed for a first platform to incorporate context of a post from a second platform into a first user interface of the first platform. A system includes a processor that receives, via a post displayed in a second user interface of the second platform, a request for a media content item referenced in the post in the second user interface, the second user interface comprising one or more user interface elements and one or more controls. The processor identifies the one or more user interface elements and one or more controls displayed in the second user interface of the second platform, and provides the one or more controls and at least one of the one or more user interface elements of the post displayed in the second user interface for presentation within the first user interface of the first platform. Further, upon election of one of the one or more controls, the processor causes a user to be presented with the post within the second user interface.

A dynamic selection of content from social shares to display in a user interface is performed. A first set of media items that have graphic representations on a user interface (UI) are compared with a second set of media items referenced in a social share to be presented on the UI. Media items from the second set are identified that are not included in the first set of media items. The UI is modified to include a graphic representation of at least one identified media item from the second set in the social share.

Dynamically picking content from social shares to display in a user interface

A processing device identifies a set of content items to be included in a feed displayed to a user of a social network platform in a user interface of the social network platform, wherein the set of content items are hosted by a content sharing platform. For each content item from the set of content items, the processing device identifies one or more bucketing tokens provided by the content sharing platform, wherein each bucketing token comprises a unique identifier that identifies a plurality of content items as being associated with a group of users of the content sharing platform that have similar interests. Further, the processing device improves a ranking score of each content item from the set of content items that has at least one bucketing token matching a bucketing token associated with the user of the social network platform, wherein the set of content items to be included in the feed displayed to the user in the user interface of the social network platform is to be modified based on improved ranking scores of respective content items from the set of content items.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content sharing are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving an identifier of a video hosted by a content hosting platform from an external platform, the video being requested by a first user of the external platform, the first user having a first user account with the external platform. The method may also include determining that the video identifier comprises an attribution tag, and determining that the video was previously shared with the first user by a second user via the content hosting platform by analyzing the attribution tag, the second user having a second user account with the content hosting platform. The method may further include storing a record of the second user's sharing of the video with the first user in a data store of the content hosting platform.

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Ruxandra Georgiana Paun