# US 12,008,035 B2 · Facilitating video search

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- Number: US 12,008,035 B2
- Document ID: US12008035B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/967,530
- Filed: 2022-10-17
- Published: 2023-02-02
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2006-08-08
- Assignees: Gracenote Media Services, LLC
- Applicants: Gracenote Media Services, LLC
- Inventors: Edwin Seng Eng Ong; Aleksandra R. Vikati
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008035B2

## CPC

- G06F 16/71: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
- G06F 16/7867: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings}
- G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
- H04N 21/23: Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
- H04N 21/23109: {by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository (details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739)}
- H04N 21/4782: Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV}
- H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Methods and apparatus for facilitating video search are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more processors to execute instructions to process first metadata associated with video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, the video made available by a first device. The example one or more processors are to update a database to include first information concerning the episode of the television show based on the first metadata and access second metadata associated with the video, the second metadata collected from a second device. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to process the second metadata to determine second information about the episode of the television show and augment the database with the second information about the episode of the television show.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
memory;
instructions; and
one or more processors to execute the instructions to:
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; and
augment the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further including the database, and wherein the one or more processors are to:
process a query to the database, the query associated with the episode of the television show; and
return, based on the query, a combination of the first information and the second information from the database.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the first metadata includes a name of the television show, the name of the episode of the television show, and an airdate of the episode of the television show; and
the second metadata includes a description of the episode of the television show.

### Claim 4

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; and
augment the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The tangible machine readable storage disk or storage device of claim 4, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:
process a query to the database, the query associated with the episode of the television show; and
return, based on the query, a combination of the first information and the second information from the database.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The tangible machine readable storage disk or storage device of claim 4, wherein:
the first metadata includes a name of the television show, name of the episode of the television show, and an airdate of the episode of the television show; and
the second metadata includes a description of the episode of the television show.

### Claim 7

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; and
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.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, further including:
processing a query to the database, the query associated with the episode of the television show; and
returning, based on the query, a combination of the first information and the second information from the database.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein:
the first metadata includes a name of the television show, the name of the episode of the television show, and an airdate of the episode of the television show; and
the second metadata includes a description of the episode of the television show.

### Claim 10

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; and
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; and
means for augmenting the database with the determined second information about the episode of the television show.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, further including the database, and means for searching to:
process a query to the database, the query associated with the episode of the television show; and
return, based on the query, a combination of the first information and the second information from the database.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein:
the first metadata includes a name of the television show, the name of the episode of the television show, and an airdate of the episode of the television show; and
the second metadata includes a description of the episode of the television show.