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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2025
Applicant:

Pluto Inc., West Hollywood, CA (US);

Inventor:

Vibol C. Hou, Long Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Pluto Inc., West Hollywood, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/458 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/458 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed configured to enable dynamic control of content streaming and/or to control content streaming so as to reduce peak system loads. A user electronic timetable is accessed from memory and is amazed to identify future unscheduled time periods. A first learning engine classifies timetable entries into subject types. A watchlist comprising a plurality of content items of respective time lengths is accessed. A second learning engine utilizes the classification and the time lengths to generate a scheduling recommendation of at least one item of content on the user watchlist. The scheduling recommendation is transmitted over a network to the user device. If the recommendation is accessed, a timetable entry is generated corresponding to the scheduling recommendation The at least one item of content on the user watchlist is streamed to the first device of the user in accordance with the accepted scheduling recommendation.


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