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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andre Xiong, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Darshana Umakanth, Culver City, CA (US);

Yuchong Luo, Beijing, CN;

Brian T. Morrison, Burien, WA (US);

Lena Bareket, Culver City, CA (US);

Huimin Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Carlos Sandoval, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Brian Burkhart, Seattle, WA (US);

David Jung, Seattle, WA (US);

Brandon Lonac, Edmonds, WA (US);

Bo Liu, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method receives a request for an interface. A configuration for the interface includes a plurality of slots that are associated with a plurality of collection pools, wherein each collection pool is configurable with a ranking strategy. The method determines a collection pool for a slot in the interface where the collection pool is associated with a plurality of collections. A collection is received for the slot. The collection is determined by ranking the plurality of collections using a ranking strategy for the collection pool to generate a ranking of the plurality of collections. The method outputs the collection for the collection pool for display in the slot of the interface.


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