US 12,001,500 B2
System, methods and computer products for determining affinity to a content creator
Noel Cody, New York, NY (US); Kinshuk Mishra, New York, NY (US); and Steve Shirley, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,431.
Application 17/526,431 is a continuation of application No. 15/716,747, filed on Sep. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,210,355.
Application 15/716,747 is a continuation of application No. 14/943,995, filed on Nov. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,798,823, issued on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0138274 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/955 (2019.01) [G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing an interface for managing affinity-related information comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a dashboard system associated with a content distribution platform that hosts content associated with a content provider, access over a network to affinity data, the affinity data including affinity scores that quantify respective affinities of user accounts on the content distribution platform to the content hosted on the content distribution platform associated with the content provider;
accessing, via the dashboard system, the affinity data over the network;
ranking the affinity scores of the user accounts, thereby resulting in ranked affinity scores;
displaying the affinity data, including the ranked affinity scores in a view of the dashboard system;
receiving, at a first interface of the dashboard system, input from the content provider in response to the displayed affinity data; and
causing targeted data to be sent to a second interface of a client device based on the ranked affinity scores, the client device being associated with a first user account of the user accounts that is associated with a user other than the content provider;
wherein the affinity data further includes one or more category labels that label the user accounts based on the ranked affinity scores, the one or more category labels including a first label indicating a respective affinity score has increased by at least a threshold amount; and
wherein the first user account is labeled with at least the first label.