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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:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Imdb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Tanya Salyers, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Thomas Moran, Seattle, WA (US);

Yann Thierry Oehl, Seattle, WA (US);

Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

IMDb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/30029 (2013.01); G06F 17/30053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for a content discovery application. Content items can be selected by first selecting a sequence of descriptors. The descriptors are selected from a subset of descriptors regenerated based on previously selected descriptors and other factors. The content item is selected from a pool of content items responsive to the sequence of descriptors. Users may explore data derived from sequences of descriptors and selected content items from other users to discover content relevant to their interests.


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