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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Thinkanalytics Ltd., Lanarkshire, GB;
Peter Docherty, Glasgow, GB;
Christopher McGuire, Glasgow, GB;
Xiaowei Zhang, Glasgow, GB;
Richard Dowling, Glasgow, GB;
Craig Palmer, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
ThinkAnalytics Ltd., Lanarkshire, GB;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of providing one or more content item recommendations for a user of a content distribution system, comprising: determining if a user search using a title of content finds the title of content in one or more content sources available to the user; identifying, in response to the title of content not being found in the one or more content sources, content in a content library by determining if the title of content is in the content library, wherein the content library contains metadata concerning items of content in the content library, the metadata representing at least some properties of the items of content; using, in response to the title of content being determined to be in the content library, the metadata of the identified content in the content library and metadata concerning content available from the one or more content sources available to the user to generate at least one content item recommendation for the user, wherein the at least one content item recommendation is for recommended content that is related to the identified content, and providing the at least one content item recommendation to the user.