Rating media item recommendations using recommendation paths and/or media item usage

摘要

A media item recommendation rating system and method are provided. A recommendation rating for media items is established and dynamically updated in response to media items being recommended to other users. A recommendation server or other device receives a report of a media item recommendation and updates a recommendation rating in response. The recommendation rating may also be updated based on how often a recommended media item is used or played. Thus, a media item's recommendation rating is affected by events relating to its recommendation, as opposed simple play-based ratings that are updated on any play action regardless of whether related to a recommendation or not. Simple play-based ratings do not distinguish between ordinary usages or plays and those resulting from recommendations.

主权项

1. A method of rating media item recommendations that are sent from a sending user to a recipient user, at a server, comprising the steps of:
receiving a report of a media item recommendation of a media item, wherein the report comprises information about a recommendation path for the media item recommendation; storing the recommendation path for the media item recommendation; altering a recommendation rating associated with the media item in response to receiving the report of the media item recommendation using an alteration scale; receiving a report of a play or usage action for the media item; and altering the recommendation rating in response to receiving the report of the play or usage action using a different alteration scale than the alteration scale used for altering the recommendation rating in response to receiving the report of the media item recommendation.