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US 11,388,481 B2Granted
Media content search results ranked by popularity
AssigneeRovi Technologies Corporation
InventorsPradhan S. Rao, David H. Sloo
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Abstract
Media content search results ranked by popularity is described. In embodiment(s), a search request for television media content can be initiated by a viewer, and television media content that is relevant to the search request can be identified. The relevant television media content can then be ranked based on a popularity rating and the relevant television media content can be displayed in an ordered list that is ordered by popularity rankings.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a content provider system, a request for media content;
- determining, for at least one media content item of a plurality of media content items related to the request, a projected number of users likely to view the at least one media content item via the content provider system and a number of past requests for the at least one media content item;
- ranking the plurality of media content items based at least in part on (i) the projected number of users likely to view the at least one media content item and (ii) the determined number of past requests for the at least one media content item;
- and
- generating for display the plurality of media content items ordered based at least in part on the ranking of the plurality of media content items.
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A computer-implemented system, comprising:
- input/output circuitry configured to:
- receive, at a content provider system, a request for media content;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine, for at least one media content item of a plurality of media content items related to the request, a projected number of users likely to view the at least one media content item via the content provider system and a number of past requests for the at least one media content item;
- rank the plurality of media content items based at least in part on (i) the projected number of users likely to view the at least one media content item and (ii) the determined number of past requests for the at least one media content item;
- and
- generate for display the plurality of media content items ordered based at least in part on the ranking of the plurality of media content items.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a content provider system, a request for media content;
- determining, for at least one media content item of a plurality of media content items related to the request, a number of past requests for the at least one media content item and whether the at least one media content item is a newly available media content item via the content provider system;
- ranking the plurality of media content items based at least in part on (i) whether the at least one media content item is a newly available media content item and (ii) the determined number of past requests for the at least one media content item;
- and
- generating for display the plurality of media content items ordered based at least in part on the ranking of the plurality of media content items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.