Patent ID: 9699503
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining content utilization data from a plurality of client devices associated with a respective plurality of viewers, wherein the content utilization data for a viewer from the plurality of viewers is indicative of the viewer's interest in respective content items, and wherein the plurality of viewers comprises other viewers who are not identified as social connections of the viewer; automatically generating, at a server computer system, a list of popular content items that are currently popular among the plurality of viewers based on the obtained content utilization data; for a target viewer from the plurality of viewers, customizing the list of popular content items to generate a customized playlist, the customizing based on a viewing history of the target viewer and on a viewing history of viewers who are identified as social connections of the target viewer, wherein the customizing comprises: communicating the customized playlist to a client device of the target viewer.