Patent ID: 9326030
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: identifying a user of a content sharing platform; determining, by a processor, that a plurality of media content items has a value of a user interest metric exceeding a defined threshold value, the plurality of media content items represented by a list of media content items compiled based on a pre-defined criterion, the user interest metric reflecting interest of the user to the plurality of media content items, wherein the plurality of media content items is provided by a content channel of the content sharing platform, and wherein the content channel has not been subscribed to by the user; selecting, by the processor, among the plurality of media content items, a media content item that has not been accessed by the user for playback; and providing a notification to a notification function of a device employed by the user to notify the user of the media content item, wherein providing the notification further comprises streaming the media content item that has not been accessed by the user for playback for pre-fetching by the device employed by the user to access the content sharing platform.