US 12,244,898 B2
Automated content recommendation using a metadata based content map
Avner Swerdlow, Los Angeles, CA (US); Samuel C. Anderson, Hernando, MS (US); and Anthony M. Accardo, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/275,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,966, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0077151 A1, Mar. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06F 16/738 (2019.01); G06F 16/74 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4668 (2013.01) [G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06F 16/738 (2019.01); G06F 16/74 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content recommendation system comprising:
a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory;
a content surfacing software code stored in the system memory, the content surfacing software code providing a user interface;
the hardware processor configured to execute the content surfacing software code to:
receive an initiation signal identifying a user;
in response to receiving the initiation signal, identify a plurality of content items as desirable content items to the user based on the user and metadata describing each of the desirable content items, wherein each of the desirable content items is a different audio-visual content;
display, on the user interface, a networked map of nodes corresponding respectively to the desirable content items, wherein a distance between a first node and a second node of the networked map, when displayed on the user interface, is based on a similarity of a first metadata describing a first desirable content item corresponding to the first node to a second metadata describing a second desirable content item corresponding to the second node, and wherein the nodes of the networked map, when displayed on the user interface, are respective thumbnail images obtained from the desirable content items corresponding respectively to each node and selectable by the user.