Spotify Technology S.A.
Systems and methods for skip-based content detection

Abstract:

An electronic device associated with a media-providing service obtains listening history for a media item. The listening history includes retention information that indicates a number of listeners who listened to the respective portion of the media item. Using the retention information, the electronic device generates a retention graph that represents the number of listeners who listened to corresponding portions of the media item as a function of time. The electronic device detects an extremum in the retention graph. The extremum corresponds to a reduction in the number of listeners who listened to the corresponding portions of the media item. The electronic device determines whether the extremum meets predefined criteria, and in accordance with the determination that the extremum meets the predefined criteria, the electronic device stores an indication that the portions of the media item corresponding to the extremum include sub-content embedded in the media item.