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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Etienne F. Handman, Dublin, CA (US);
Thomas J. Conrad, Oakland, CA (US);
Joseph J. Kennedy, Danville, CA (US);
Timothy B. Westergren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Etienne F. Handman, Dublin, CA (US);
Thomas J. Conrad, Oakland, CA (US);
Joseph J. Kennedy, Danville, CA (US);
Timothy B. Westergren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pandora Media, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of generating and modifying a playlist using contextual information are disclosed. For example, a user may provide an input seed such as a song name or artist name. The input seed is compared to database items and a playlist is generated as a result. In some examples, the contextual information is used to enhance the comparison and to select better content objects for a user's playlist. Meanwhile, in some examples the content objects in the playlist may be arranged in an enhanced order using ranking and/or contextual information.