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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2020
Spotify Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Shana Offen, Ossining, NY (US);
David Saverio Susi, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Aron Patrick Glennon, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Aarshay Jain, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Yi Yuan, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Lan Xu, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Yin Kwan Chung, New York, NY (US);
Gautham Padmanabhan Nair, New York, NY (US);
Jiming Shi, Princeton, NJ (US);
Raj Kumar Rajendran, New York, NY (US);
Spotify AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method performed at a server system includes providing to a device a media content item included in a listening session. The method includes receiving from the device characteristics of the listening session corresponding to a first time and determining, based on the characteristics, a default decision as to whether to provide a media content clip after the media item. The method includes receiving characteristics of the listening session corresponding to a second time and initiating a determination of a first decision as to whether to provide the media content clip after the media item. In accordance with the first decision being reached within a latency period, the media content clip is provided in accordance with the first decision. In accordance with the latency period being lapsed without the first decision being reached, the media content clip is provided in accordance with the default decision.