US008306976B2
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`a2) United States Patent
`Handman etal.
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,306,976 B2
`*Nov.6, 2012
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`(54)
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`(75)
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`METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING
`CONTEXTUAL FEEDBACK TO GENERATE
`AND MODIFY PLAYLISTS
`
`Inventors: Etienne F, Handman, Dublin, CA (US);
`Thomas J. Conrad, Oakland, CA (US);
`Joseph J. Kennedy, Danville, CA (US):
`Timothy B. Westergren, San Francisco,
`CA (US)
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`(73)
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`Assignee: Pandora Media, Inc., Oakland, CA
`(US)
`
`cy
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`Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the termofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(62) UISiOk sscconndennncnnns IOISS FOS!
`(58) Field of Classification Search.......... 707/913-914,
`707/999.107, 999.102, 804; 369/30.08
`See applicationfile for complete searchhistory.
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`(56)
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Systems and methods of generating and modifying a playlist
`using contextual information are disclosed. For example, a
`user may provide an input seed suchas a song nameorartist
`name. The input seed is compared to database items and a
`playlist is generated as a result. In some examples, the con-
`textual informationis used to enhance the comparisonand to
`select better content objects for a user’s playlist. Meanwhile,
`in some examples the content objects in the playlist may be
`arranged in an enhanced order using ranking and/or contex-
`tual information.
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