Facilitating video search

A tangible machine readable storage disk or storage device comprising instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

• extract, from a first website hosting a video, first metadata associated with the video hosted by the first website;
• process the extracted first metadata associated with the video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, wherein processing the extracted first metadata includes (i) based on a first identifier of the first website, selecting a first set of rules for parsing the extracted first metadata extracted from the first website and (ii) parsing the extracted first metadata according to the selected first set of rules to obtain a name of the episode;
• update a database to include first information comprising the name of the episode of the television show obtained based on the parsing of the first metadata;
• extract, from a second website, second metadata associated with the video;
• process the extracted second metadata to determine second information about the episode of the television show, wherein processing the extracted second metadata includes (i) based on a second identifier of the second website, selecting a second set of rules for parsing the extracted second metadata extracted from the second website and (ii) parsing the extracted second metadata according to the selected second set of rules to determine the second information about the episode of the television show;
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• augment the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.

A method comprising:

• extracting, from a first website hosting a video, first metadata associated with the video hosted by the first website;
• processing, by executing an instruction with one or more processors, the extracted first metadata associated with the video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, wherein processing the extracted first metadata includes (i) based on a first identifier of the first website, selecting a first set of rules for parsing the extracted first metadata extracted from the first website and (ii) parsing the extracted first metadata according to the selected first set of rules to obtain a name of the episode;
• updating, by executing an instruction with the one or more processors, a database to include first information comprising the name of the episode of the television show obtained based on the parsing of the first metadata;
• extracting, by executing an instruction with the one or more processors, second metadata associated with the video;
• processing, by executing an instruction with the one or more processors, the extracted second metadata to determine second information about the episode of the television show, wherein processing the extracted second metadata includes (i) based on a second identifier of the second website, selecting a second set of rules for parsing the extracted second metadata extracted from the second website and (ii) parsing the extracted second metadata according to the selected second set of rules to determine the second information about the episode of the television show;
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• augmenting, by executing an instruction with the one or more processors, the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for extracting, from a first website hosting a video, first metadata associated with the video hosted by the first website;
• means for processing the extracted first metadata associated with the video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, wherein processing the extracted first metadata includes (i) based on a first identifier of the first website, selecting a first set of rules for parsing the first metadata extracted from the first website and (ii) parsing the extracted first metadata according to the selected first set of rules to obtain a name of the episode;
• means for updating a database to include first information comprising the name of the episode of the television show obtained based on the parsing of the first metadata;
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• means for extracting, from a second website, second metadata associated with the video;
• means for processing the extracted second metadata to determine second information about the episode associated with the television show, wherein processing the extracted second metadata includes (i) based on a second identifier of the second website, selecting a second set of rules for parsing the extracted second metadata extracted from the second website and (ii) parsing the extracted second metadata according to the selected second set of rules to determine the second information about the episode of the television show;
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• means for augmenting the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.