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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Spotify Ab, Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Mark Kizelshteyn, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Paul Lamere, Bath, ME (US);

Tracey Churray, New York, NY (US);

Samit Patel, Weehawken, NJ (US);

Jessica Aleksandrowicz, New York, NY (US);

Ercan Erden, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Juan Rivero, New York, NY (US);

Joseph Levin, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Christine Yokoyama, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Spotify AB, Stockholm, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/432 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/4387 (2019.01); G06F 16/433 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a playlist of media content items that are popular with the friends of the first user. A first user taste profile is determined and a user taste profile is determined for each of a plurality of social connections. A similarity score is calculated between the first user taste profile and the user taste profile of each social connection. Media content items consumed by social connections with the highest similarity score are selected and placed in a playlist for the first user.


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