System, method and computer program product for processing video data

A method, implemented on a cable network comprising a cable head end, at least one set top box connected to the cable head end, and a computer system in communication with the cable head end, for processing video content and viewing the video content through the at least one set top box in communication with the computer system via the cable head end, comprising:

• processing by the computer system audio portions of a plurality of video content units to create a transcript for each of the plurality of video content units that comprises a textual representation of the dialogue of each video content unit, wherein said processing comprises extracting one of closed caption data and embedded video text from the plurality of video content units;
• storing by the computer system a transcript in a memory of the computer system for each of the plurality of video contents;
• receiving by the cable head end and the cable head end sending to the computer system a search request from a first set top box comprising one or more keywords originating from a first user;
• searching by the computer system at least some of a plurality of transcripts stored in the memory for the one or more keywords;
• identifying by the computer system the search results that comprises a set of video content units having transcripts that satisfy a similarity threshold with the search request;
• receiving by the cable head end and the cable head end sending to the computer system a user quality rating for each video content unit of a multitude of the video content units from a plurality of set top boxes originating from a plurality of users;
• based on user quality ratings, storing by the computer system an average quality rating in the memory in association with each of the respective video content units in the multitude of video content units;
• sorting by the computer system the search results in according to the average quality rating;
• receiving by the cable head end and the cable head end sending to the computer system a search request for a threshold average quality rating from the first set top box by the first user;
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• transmitting by the computer system at least a portion of the sorted search results that meet the threshold average quality rating to the cable head end and the cable head end sending to first set top box for viewing by the first user.