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Google patents system to match songs with specific streaming channels

This patent describes a method where a system analyzes a user's listening history to find a specific song they like. It then selects a subset of streaming channels that can play that song and displays them as interactive options on the user's device. When the user taps one of these options, the song begins playing through that specific channel.

Why it mattersThis improves how music apps organize playback options by filtering available streaming sources based on what the user is currently interested in.

In the filing’s own words

A system may receive an entity identifier for a user. The entity identifier may identify an entity that is associated with a category. The system may identify channel(s) for the category by obtaining data for the user, and analyzing the data to determine a score for each channel. The system may use the scores to select one or more of the channels. The system may provide content related to the selected channel(s) to a client device of the user, and the user may interact with the content via the client device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising: accessing data, the data generated as a result of one or more interactions of a user with one or more client devices, and the data indicating that a particular song, by a particular musical artist, is of interest to the user; identifying a plurality of candidate streaming channels; selecting a subset of the candidate streaming channels based on corresponding information, for each of the candidate streaming channels, that is specific to both the candidate streaming channel and to the particular song indicated by the data; generating interactive content that identifies the particular song, and that presents only the candidate streaming channels of the subset, wherein each of the candidate streaming channels of the subset can be interacted with to initiate playback of the particular song via the candidate streaming channel; providing the interactive content for presentation to the user via a given client device of the user; receiving an interaction with the interactive content, the interaction being via a user interface device of the given client device and being directed to a particular streaming channel of the candidate streaming channels; and in response to the interaction, initiating streaming of the particular song via the particular streaming channel.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
Providing content related to a selected channel for presentation to a user via a client device
Patent number
US12764396B1
Application number
19022758
Filed
Jan 15, 2025
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
15

Classified under

H04N 21/8545 Electricity & electronicsG06F 16/635 Physics & computingG06F 16/686 Physics & computingG06Q 10/00 Physics & computingG06Q 30/00 Physics & computingH04N 21/44 Electricity & electronics
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