Automated query generation for televison content searching

A video client device comprising:

• a memory to store context information associated with a plurality of television content;
• and
• a processor to:
• receive a portion of a key word in a search field of a user interface for performing searches for television content,
• automatically retrieve, from the memory, a group of key words, of a plurality of key words, matching the portion of the key word without receiving a request to perform a search based on the portion of the key word,
• rank, based on first context information associated with each of plurality of the key words, the plurality of key words, where the first context information indicates a measure of popularity of the particular key word, geographic location information associated with the particular key word, time information associated with the particular key word, and user preference information associated with the particular key word,
• present, via the user interface and simultaneously with search results of television content based on the portion of the key word, one or more of the ranked group of key words for display,
• receive selection of a key word from the one or more of the ranked group of key words,
• automatically perform a search for television content based on the selected key word to identify a group of television content of the plurality of television content,
• rank the group of television content based on second context information associated with the group of television content,
• present one or more of the group of television content for display based on the ranking of the group of television content,
• receive selection of television content from the one or more of the group of television content, and
• present the selected television content for display.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instruction executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• one or more instructions to receive a portion of a key word in a search field of a user interface for performing searches for television content;
• one or more instructions to automatically perform a first search, based on the portion of the key word, to identify a first group of television content relating to the portion of the key word;
• one or more instructions to retrieve content context information associated with the first group of television content;
• one or more instructions to rank, based on the content context information, the first group of television content relating to the portion of the key word;
• one or more instructions to retrieve a group of key words matching the portion of the key word without receiving a request to perform a key word search based on the portion of the key word;
• one or more instructions to retrieve key word context information associated with a plurality of key words in the group of key words, where the key word context information, for a particular key word of the plurality of key words, indicates a measure of popularity of the particular key word, and geographic location information associated with the particular key word, and time information associated with the particular key word, and user preference information associated with the particular key word;
• one or more instructions to rank the plurality of key words based on the key word context information;
• one or more instructions to automatically and simultaneously present the ranked first group of television content and one or more of the plurality of key words for display based on the ranking of the plurality of key words;
• one or more instructions to receive selection of a key word from the one or more of the plurality of key words;
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• one or more instructions to perform a second search for television content based on the selected key word to identify a second group of television content.