US 12,333,050 B2
Systems and methods to maintain user privacy while providing recommendations
Sarah J. Rich, York, ME (US); and Benjamin Recht, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/435,536.
Application 18/435,536 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,056, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,907,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,202, filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176910 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 21/6254 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 21/6263 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for organic noising of user engagement with an item:
detecting, by one or more processors, user engagement with an item via a client device;
storing, by the one or more processors, the item as a cluster in the client device;
augmenting, by the one or more processors, the cluster to include one or more random items;
sending, by the one or more processors, a recommendation request corresponding to the item and the one or more random items in the cluster to a recommendation server;
receiving, by the one or more processors, based on the recommendation request, a plurality of recommendations from the recommendation server comprising at least one real recommendation corresponding to the item; and
outputting, by the one or more processors, the plurality of recommendations on a display of the client device.