Patents by Inventor Paul E. Linton

Paul E. Linton 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).

  • Systems, methods, and computer readable medium for generating playlists
    Patent number: 10657169
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating a playlist. An application programming interface (API) receives a request to generate a playlist, where the request includes a set of rule-primitives. A playlist engine evaluator evaluates a rule corresponding to each rule-primitive in the set of rule-primitives across a catalog of media content, calculates a cost associated with each item in the catalog of media content, and generates a playlist based on the items of the catalog having the lowest costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: David Rodger, Daniel Stowell, Paul E. Linton, Kevin Sweeney, Paul Lamere
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PLAYLISTS
    Publication number: 20170177585
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating a playlist. An application programming interface (API) receives a request to generate a playlist, where the request includes a set of rule-primitives. A playlist engine evaluator evaluates a rule corresponding to each rule-primitive in the set of rule-primitives across a catalog of media content, calculates a cost associated with each item in the catalog of media content, and generates a playlist based on the items of the catalog having the lowest costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: David Rodger, Daniel Stowell, Paul E. Linton, Kevin Sweeney, Paul Lamere
  • Systems, methods, and computer readable medium for generating playlists
    Patent number: 9626436
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating a playlist. An application programming interface (API) receives a request to generate a playlist, where the request includes a set of rule-primitives. A playlist engine evaluator evaluates a rule corresponding to each rule-primitive in the set of rule-primitives across a catalog of media content, calculates a cost associated with each item in the catalog of media content, and generates a playlist based on the items of the catalog having the lowest costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: David Rodger, Daniel Stowell, Paul E. Linton, Kevin Sweeney, Paul Lamere
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PLAYLISTS
    Publication number: 20140280181
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for generating a playlist. An application programming interface (API) receives a request to generate a playlist, where the request includes a set of rule-primitives. A playlist engine evaluator evaluates a rule corresponding to each rule-primitive in the set of rule-primitives across a catalog of media content, calculates a cost associated with each item in the catalog of media content, and generates a playlist based on the items of the catalog having the lowest costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Echo Nest Corporation
    Inventors: David Rodger, Daniel Stowell, Paul E. Linton, Kevin Sweeney, Paul Lamere