Spotify Technology S.A.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING HIERARCHICAL ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT

Abstract:

An electronic device, for each media content item of a plurality of media content items, receives a respective score for each of a first set of objectives and a second set of objectives and generates a respective score between a user and the media content item. The generating includes applying a first ordered weighted average to the respective scores for the first set of objectives, to produce a first combined score for the first set of objectives, applying a second ordered weighted average to the respective scores for the second set of objectives, to produce a second combined score for the second set of objectives and applying a third ordered weighted average to the combined score for the first set of objectives and the second set of objectives. The electronic device provides media content to the user based on the respective scores between the user and the media content items.