Generating playlists for a content sharing platform based on user actions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10963973-B2
Application number	US-201314051322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2013
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A user of a content sharing platform is identified a playlist is generated for the user. The playlist is generated based on one or more of the user's social interactions with other entities and the user's actions associated with other media items. The playlist may be modified or deleted if the user does not access the playlist or does not consume media items from the playlist within a threshold period of time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of generating a playlist for a first user of a content sharing platform, the method comprising:
identifying a client device associated with the first user;
determining, by a processing device of the content sharing platform, that the first user has requested to add a second user of the content sharing platform to a set of social connections of the first user on a social connection platform that is separate from the content sharing platform, wherein the first user and the second user are not socially connected within the content sharing platform;
in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user on the social connection platform:
updating, by the processing device of the content sharing platform, a playlist hosted by the content sharing platform and associated with the first user, wherein the playlist comprises one or more media items of the content sharing platform, and wherein the updating comprises adding, to the playlist, a media item of the second user; and

transmitting to the client device, by the processing device of the content sharing platform, a signal that causes the client device to present the updated playlist to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
deleting the playlist in response to determining that the first user has not viewed a media item from the playlist for a threshold period of time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user approving a comment by the second user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user approving a comment by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user commenting on a post of the second user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user commenting on a post of the first user.

7. An apparatus of a content sharing platform, the apparatus comprising:
a network interface device; and
a processing device, operatively coupled to the network interface device, to:
identify a first user of the content sharing platform and a client device associated with the first user;
determine that the first user has requested to add a second user of the content sharing platform to a set of social connections of the first user on a social connection platform that is separate from the content sharing platform, wherein the first user and the second user are not socially connected within the content sharing platform;
in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user on the social connection platform:
update a playlist hosted by the content sharing platform and associated with the first user, wherein the playlist comprises one or more media items of the content sharing platform, and wherein the updating comprises adding a media item of the second user to the playlist; and

transmit to the client device, by the server, a signal that causes the client device to present the updated playlist to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processing device is further to:
delete the playlist in response to determining that the first user has not accessed the playlist for a threshold period of time.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user approving a comment by the second user.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user approving a comment by the first user.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user commenting on a post of the second user.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user commenting on a post of the first user.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a content sharing platform, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a first user of a content sharing platform and a client device associated with the first user;
determining that the first user has requested to add a second user of the content sharing platform to a set of social connections of the first user on a social connection platform that is separate from the content sharing platform, wherein the first user and the second user are not socially connected within the content sharing platform;
in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user on the social connection platform:
updating a playlist hosted by the content sharing platform and associated with the first user, wherein the playlist comprises one or more media items of the content sharing platform, and wherein the updating comprises adding, to the playlist, a media item of the second user; and

transmitting to the client device, by the server, a signal that causes the client device to present the updated playlist to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
deleting the playlist in response to determining that the first user has not accessed the playlist for a threshold period of time.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user approving a comment by the second user.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user approving a comment by the first user.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the first user commenting on a post of the second user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the updating of the playlist further comprises selecting the media item from a plurality of media items of the second user, the selection based on the second user commenting on a post of the first user.

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Schneider Michael Patrick
• De Boursetty Benoît

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06F16/639

  using playlists · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/00 Primary

  Commerce · CPC title

• G06Q50/01 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic