Patent ID: 11962854
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a first preference profile corresponding to a first user and a second preference profile corresponding to a second user;
obtaining a group preference profile corresponding to a user group that includes the first and second users;
generating an aggregate preference profile based at least in part on the first preference profile, the second preference profile, and the group preference profile, by:
generating an intermediate aggregate preference profile based at least in part on an intersection of the first preference profile and the second preference profile, and
generating the aggregate preference profile based at least in part on a union of the intermediate aggregate preference profile and the group preference profile;

identifying a plurality of content items based at least in part on the aggregate preference profile;
ranking the plurality of content items; and
providing, for display on a content output device, at least one indication of at least one of the ranked plurality of content items as a recommendation for the user group.