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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Xuan Wei, Beijing, CN;
Hang LI, Beijing, CN;
Hua Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Ting-hao Yang, Beijing, CN;
Richard W. Tom, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xuan Wei, Beijing, CN;
Hang Li, Beijing, CN;
Hua Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Ting-hao Yang, Beijing, CN;
Richard W. Tom, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hulu, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for recommending a media program of a set of media programs to a user of a set of users is disclosed. The method and apparatus computes a measure wof the implied similarity of a first media program (i) and a second media program (j) that corrects for the popularity of the media programs, thus resulting in a more accurate indication of the relatedness of the media programs.