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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Retrieving and playing out media content for a personalized playlist including a content placeholder
Gracenote Digital Ventures, Llc, New York, NY (US);
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An example method involves receiving a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including first and second content items; retrieving first data representing the content items, and using the retrieved first data to play out the content items in accordance with the sequence; making a first determination of whether the playlist defines a placeholder between the first and second content items; responsive to the first determination being that the playlist defines a placeholder, making a second determination of whether a condition has been satisfied, wherein the condition corresponds to a content category type; and responsive to the second determination being that the condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item of the content category type, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to play out the content item in between playing out the first and second content items.