US 10,382,825 B2Granted

Methods and systems for filtering media content

AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.

InventorsOfer Vaisler, Olivier Chalouhi, Rob Marquardt

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Abstract

Method and systems are disclosed for presenting media asset identifiers retrieved based on a user search criteria. User's input of a first information, a second information, and a third information is received. The system identifies an information type associated with each received information. If the first information and the third information are associated with the same information type, a first query is created that combines the first information and the third information to retrieve media asset identifiers according to information type instructions associated with the first information type. The second information is integrated into the first query. If the second information and the third information are associated with the same information type, a second query is created that combines that second information and the third information to retrieve media asset identifiers according to instructions associated with the second information type. The first information is integrated into the second query.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for presenting media asset identifiers based on user input of multiple information associated with different information types, the method comprising:

receiving a user's input of a first information, a second information, and a third information;
determining that the first information is associated with a first information type and that the second information is associated with a second information type;
determining whether the third information is associated with the first information type or the second information type;
in response to determining that the third information is associated with the first information type:
receiving instructions associated with the first information type to generate a query for retrieving media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match each information that (1) was input by the user and (2) is associated with the first information type;
generating, based on the instructions associated with the first information type, a first query for a first set of media assets identifiers corresponding to media assets that match each of the first information and the third information;
modifying, based on the second information, the first query for retrieving a modified first set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the modified first set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches each of the second information, the first information, and the third information;
and
retrieving, based on the first query, the modified first set of media asset identifiers;
and
in response to determining that the third information is associated with the second information type:
receiving instructions associated with the second information type to generate a query for media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match at least one information that (1) was input by the user and (2) is associated with the second information type;
generating, based on the instructions associated with the second information type, a second query for a second set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the second set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches at least one of the second information and the third information;
modifying, based on the first information, the second query for retrieving a modified second set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the modified second set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches the first information and at least one of the second information and the third information;
and
retrieving, based on the second query, the modified second set of media asset identifiers.

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A system for presenting media asset identifiers based on user input of multiple information associated with different information types, the system comprising:

control circuitry configured to:
receive a user's input of a first information, a second information, and a third information;
determine that the first information is associated with a first information type and that the second information is associated with a second information type;
determine whether the third information is associated with the first information type or the second information type;
in response to determining that the third information is associated with the first information type:
receive instructions associated with the first information type to generate a query for retrieving media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match each information that (1) was input by the user and (2) is associated with the first information type;
generate, based on the instructions associated with the first information type, a first query for a first set of media assets identifiers corresponding to media assets that match each of the first information and the third information;
modify, based on the second information, the first query for retrieving a modified first set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the modified first set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches each of the second information, the first information, and the third information;
and
retrieve, based on the first query, the modified first set of media asset identifiers;
and
in response to determining that the third information is associated with the second information type:
receive instructions associated with the second information type to generate a query for media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match at least one information that (1) was input by the user and (2) is associated with the second information type;
generate, based on the instructions associated with the second information type, a second query for a second set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the second set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches at least one of the second information and the third information;
modify, based on the first information, the second query for retrieving a modified second set of media asset identifiers, each media asset identifier of the modified second set corresponding to a respective media asset that matches the first information and at least one of the second information and the third information;
and
retrieve, based on the second query, the modified second set of media asset identifiers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/434,890Filed 16 Feb 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Sep 2016
Published: US 2018/0067946 A18 Mar 2018
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04N 21/4828
End-user interface for programme selection: for searching programme descriptors
G06F 16/48
Of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not…
H04N
Pictorial communication
G06F
Computing and data processing