Methods and system for presenting search results
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorTakeaki Obara
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application that facilitates presenting, to a user, media assets that match a search expression by generating for display media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that are scheduled for transmission to a plurality of users during a specific time interval. The media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match the search expression are distinguished from media asset identifiers that correspond to media assets that do not match the search expression. Furthermore, media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match the search expression are distinguished from each other based on an attribute of each media asset that matches the search expression.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving a keyword via an interface of a device;
- identifying a first set of media assets, scheduled for transmission during a time period that includes a largest number of media assets scheduled for transmission, wherein metadata of the first set of media assets matches the keyword;
- identifying a second set of media assets, scheduled for transmission during the time period, wherein metadata of the first set of media assets does not match the keyword;
- identifying a first category and a second category related to the keyword;
- identifying a first subset of the first set of media assets with metadata that matches the first category;
- identifying a second subset of the first set of media assets with metadata that matches the second category;
- generating for display a first plurality of media asset identifiers of the first subset of first set of media assets;
- generating for display a second plurality of media asset identifiers of the second subset set of first set of media assets;
- and
- generating for display a third plurality of media asset identifiers of the second set of media assets, wherein, the third plurality of media asset identifiers are not visually distinguished from each other,
- wherein the first plurality of media asset identifiers and the second plurality of media asset identifiers are visually distinguished from the third plurality of media asset identifiers;
- and
- wherein the first plurality of media asset identifiers are visually distinguished from the second plurality of media asset identifiers.
A system for playing a media asset on the display of an electronic media device comprising:
- a communications circuitry configured to receive, from an interface of the electronic media device, a search string;
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- a control circuitry configured to:
- receive a keyword via an interface of a device;
- identify a first set of media assets, scheduled for transmission during a time period that includes a largest number of media assets scheduled for transmission, wherein metadata of the first set of media assets matches the keyword;
- identify a second set of media assets, scheduled for transmission during the time period, wherein metadata of the first set of media assets does not match the keyword;
- identify a first category and a second category related to the keyword;
- identify a first subset of the first set of media assets with metadata that matches the first category;
- identify a second subset of the first set of media assets with metadata that matches the second category;
- generate for display a first plurality of media asset identifiers of the first subset of first set of media assets;
- generate for display a second plurality of media asset identifiers of the second subset set of first set of media assets;
- and
- generate for display a third plurality of media asset identifiers of the second set of media assets, wherein, the third plurality of media asset identifiers are not visually distinguished from each other,
- wherein the first plurality of media asset identifiers and the second plurality of media asset identifiers are visually distinguished from the third plurality of media asset identifiers;
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- wherein the first plurality of media asset identifiers are visually distinguished from the second plurality of media asset identifiers.
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