US 12,216,668 B2
Media content playback for a group of users
Mark Kizelshteyn, Brooklyn, NY (US); Andreas Jansson, Brooklyn, NY (US); Tracey Churray, New York, NY (US); and Mark Koh, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,442.
Application 18/329,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/529,359, filed on Nov. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,709,847.
Application 17/529,359 is a continuation of application No. 16/662,589, filed on Oct. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,210,303, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152524 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating a playlist of media content items for a group of users, the method comprising:
generating a list of candidate media content items selected from at least a media consumption history of a first user and a media consumption history of a second user;
comparing a group taste profile with the candidate media content items in the list of candidate media content items;
ranking the list of candidate media content items based on the comparison; and
generating a playlist selected from the ranked list of candidate media content items, wherein:
the playlist includes contributions of media content items from the first user and the second user; and
the contribution of each user is no more than fifty percent of a total number of media content items in the playlist.