Patent ID: 7783635

Claim:
A method for providing recommendations for content at a platform operated by a service provider, the method comprising: receiving, at the platform operated by the service provider from a content provider system, content to be provided to an entity, the content including at least in part live content and metadata that is supplied from the content provider, wherein the metadata includes recommendations from the content provider of other content; after receiving the recommendations, determining with the platform operated by the service provider one or more recommendations for other content based on the metadata; after determining, providing the one or more recommendations determined by the platform operated by the service provider from the platform operated by the service provider to the entity; and generating, by the platform operated by the service provider, a model for the content using the metadata from the content provider, wherein generating the model comprises determining second recommendation information determined by the platform operated by the service provider and using the metadata and the second recommendation information to generate the model, the model being compatible with a recommendation engine configured to generate the one or more recommendations.