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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Eric Kenson Bieschke, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kyle George Lind, Lafayette, CA (US);

Gordon Parker Rios, Fort Bragg, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Kenson Bieschke, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kyle George Lind, Lafayette, CA (US);

Gordon Parker Rios, Fort Bragg, CA (US);

Assignee:

Pandora Media, Oakland, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are provided for selecting a media content object for a user using a combination of inputs. A media input seed associated with a user is obtained. A plurality of channels of media content objects is obtained. At least one of the plurality of channels is associated with the media input seed. Also, in some embodiments, each media content object of each of those channels has a score specific to that channel. A combination score for a respective media content object is calculated based at least in part on that respective media content object's channel specific score for each of at least two of the plurality of channels. Then at least some of the media content objects are ranked based at least in part on their respective combination scores. Finally, at least one ranked media content object is then selected for transmission.


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