US 12,309,459 B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended media content items based on complementary media content item pairs
Sylvia N'guessan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/758,792.
Application 18/758,792 is a continuation of application No. 17/976,209, filed on Oct. 28, 2022, granted, now 12,047,646.
Prior Publication US 2024/0357204 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4668 (2013.01) [H04N 21/472 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an update to a display area within a user interface, wherein the update includes a plurality of media content items and wherein the display area comprises (i) a first content queue that is displayed and that is navigable by a user of the user interface and (ii) a second content queue that is concealed from display and that is not navigable by the user of the user interface;
loading the plurality of media content items into the first content queue that is displayed and navigable by the user;
determining, based on a second plurality of media content items obtained from a content database, a plurality of complementary pairs of media content items, each complementary pair of the plurality of complementary pairs indicating a first media content item from the plurality of media content items and a complementary second media content item from the second plurality of media content items;
loading the second plurality of media content items into the second queue that is concealed and is not navigable by the user;
causing at least one media content item from the plurality of media content items to be displayed in the first content queue of the display area in response to user input;
determining that one or more particular media content items of the plurality of media content items loaded into the first content queue are dissimilar to the at least one media content item displayed in the display area, wherein the one or more particular media content items have one or more corresponding complementary second media content items from the second plurality of media content items indicated by one or more complimentary pairs from the plurality of complementary pairs;
replacing the one or more particular media content items in the first content queue with the one or more corresponding complementary second media content items in the second content queue based on at least determining that the one or more particular media content items are dissimilar to the at least one media content item; and
causing the one or more corresponding complementary second media content items to be presented in the first content queue of the display area.