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US 2014/0006392 A1Published application
Facilitating media content search
AssigneeCastTV Inc.
InventorsEdwin Seng Eng Ong, Aleksandra R. Vikati
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Abstract
A method of facilitating media content search is disclosed. A rating data associated with the media content is found, at least in part programmatically, in a location other than a display page that includes a media content or a link to the media content. A search result ranking for one or both of the media content and the display page is determined at least in part using the rating data.
Claims21
-18. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- receiving a media data associated with a video on a display page, wherein the video is to be indexed for media content search;
- matching the video to a unique television show episode by querying an episode database, wherein the querying is based at least in part on the media data;
- finding, at least in part programmatically, in a location other than the display page, a television viewing rating associated with the unique television show episode, wherein the television viewing rating comprises a plurality of ratings each from a corresponding source;
- calculating a relevancy score based at least in part on a relative weight of each respective rating data's source;
- and
- using the relevancy score to determine at least in part a search result ranking for the video and the display page.
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A system, comprising
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive a media data associated with a video on a display page, wherein the video is to be indexed for media content search;
- match the video to a unique television show episode by querying an episode database, wherein the querying is based at least in part on the media data;
- find, at least in part programmatically, in a location other than the display page, a television viewing rating associated with the unique television show episode, wherein the television viewing rating comprises a plurality of ratings each from a corresponding source;
- calculate a relevancy score based at least in part on a relative weight of each respective rating data's source;
- and
- use the relevancy score to determine at least in part a search result ranking for the video and the display page.
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A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a media data associated with a video on a display page, wherein the video is to be indexed for media content search;
- matching the video to a unique television show episode by querying an episode database, wherein the querying is based at least in part on the media data;
- finding, at least in part programmatically, in a location other than the display page, a television viewing rating associated with the unique television show episode, wherein the television viewing rating comprises a plurality of ratings each from a corresponding source;
- calculating a relevancy score based at least in part on a relative weight of each respective rating data's source;
- and
- using the relevancy score to determine at least in part a search result ranking for the video and the display page.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.