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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Justin Lewis, Marina Del Ray, CA (US);

Abhiram Kasina, San Bruno, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/432 (2019.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8545 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); G06F 16/433 (2019.01); G06F 16/434 (2019.01); G06F 16/4387 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8545 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes identifying media content items for a playlist, identifying interstitials for the playlist, and pairing the media content items based on the interstitials. Each resulting pair of media content items is related to one of the interstitials. The method also includes arranging the resulting pairs of media content items in the playlist together with the interstitials that are each related to both media content items in a respective pair of the resulting pairs. Each interstitial is inserted between a first media content item and a second media content item in a respective pair of the resulting pairs in the playlist.


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