Patents by Inventor Mohamed Sordo

Mohamed Sordo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cold-start podcast recommendations
    Patent number: 10945012
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for recommending podcasts. In an embodiment, the system detects a podcast request, and responsively determines whether a profile of the user indicates consumption by the user of podcasts. Responsive to determining that the profile does not indicate consumption by the user of podcasts, the system determines music preferences of the user based on data of the profile, and generates a podcast seed based on the music preferences. The system selects a podcast recommendation based on the podcast seed, and provides the podcast recommendation to the user. The system receives a selection of the podcast recommendation by the user, and responsively plays back a podcast corresponding to the podcast recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pandora Media, LLC
    Inventors: Kristiana Elizabeth Schneck, Steven Daniel Essinger, Adam James Hajari, Christine Ho, Taylor Jaime Kirch, Mohamed Sordo
  • COLD-START PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS
    Publication number: 20200007917
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for recommending podcasts. In an embodiment, the system detects a podcast request, and responsively determines whether a profile of the user indicates consumption by the user of podcasts. Responsive to determining that the profile does not indicate consumption by the user of podcasts, the system determines music preferences of the user based on data of the profile, and generates a podcast seed based on the music preferences. The system selects a podcast recommendation based on the podcast seed, and provides the podcast recommendation to the user. The system receives a selection of the podcast recommendation by the user, and responsively plays back a podcast corresponding to the podcast recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kristiana Elizabeth Schneck, Steven Daniel Essinger, Adam James Hajari, Christine Ho, Taylor Jaime Kirch, Mohamed Sordo