Patent ID: 8688615
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A machine adapted to select content to be presented to a consumer, the machine comprising: at least one storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions and storing a content library, the content library being stored as a collection of sets of content, each set of content comprising one or more pieces of content and being related to at least one other set, content of a first set and content of a second set are separated by one or more distances that indicate a likelihood that the consumer will want to consume a piece of content of the first set close in time to other content in the first set and content of the second set; and at least one processor that, upon executing the processor-executable instructions stored in the at least one storage medium, selects content to be presented to the consumer from the content library stored on the at least one storage medium by performing acts of: presenting a first piece of content from the first set to the consumer; adjusting a distance between the first piece and other content in the first set based on whether the consumer consumes the first piece in entirety or skips the first piece.