Patent ID: 9547698
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: accessing, from a memory, media consumption history associated with a user, the media consumption history comprising at least one of media purchase history of the user, media viewing history of the user, or media listening history of the user; selecting, by a processor, a first media category preference of the user for a first type of media and a second media category preference of the user for a second type of media, the first media category preference being different from the second media category preference, each of the first media category preference and the second media category preference being selected from a plurality of media categories based on a popularity indication determined for a respective media category of the plurality of media categories, wherein the popularity indication for the respective media category of the plurality of media categories is based on a number of consumed media items in the media consumption history that belong to the respective media category; scoring, by the processor, based on the first media category preference or the second media category preference, at least one of search results provided in response to a search query by the user or media recommendations prepared for the user; and providing to the user at least one of the search results according to a score of the search results or the media recommendations according to a score of the media recommendations.