Method and apparatus for quality ranking of media

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• determine at least one quality parameter for a media;
• assign a value to each quality parameter of the media;
• compare the at least one quality parameter of the media to one or more quality parameters of a reference media, wherein at least one of the one or more quality parameters of the reference media represents a user's quality parameter preference;
• monitor the user's quality parameter preference to determine the quality parameter of the reference media;
• update the quality parameter of the reference media based on the user's quality parameter preference;
• adapt the quality parameter of the reference media;
• calculate a quality score for the media based at least in part on the comparison of the quality parameter of the media to the quality parameter of the reference media;
• receive a search request, wherein the quality score is calculated prior to the receipt of the search request;
• and
• transmit search results based at least in part on the quality score of the media.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

• code for determining at least one quality parameter for a media;
• code for assigning a value to each quality parameter of the media;
• code for comparing the at least one quality parameter of the media to one or more quality parameters of a reference media, wherein at least one of the one or more quality parameters of the reference media represents a user's quality parameter preference;
• code for monitoring the user's quality parameter preference to determine the quality parameter of the reference media;
• code for updating the quality parameter of the reference media based on the user's quality parameter preference;
• code for adapting the quality parameter of the reference media;
• code for calculating a quality score for the media based at least in part on the comparison of the quality parameter of the media to the quality parameter of the reference media;
• code for receiving a search request, wherein the quality score is calculated prior to the receipt of the search request;
• and
• code for transmitting search results based at least in part on the quality score of the media.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• determining at least one quality parameter for a media;
• assigning a value to each quality parameter of the media;
• comparing the at least one quality parameter of the media to one or more quality parameters of a reference media, wherein at least one of the one or more quality parameters of the reference media represents a user's quality parameter preference;
• monitoring the user's quality parameter preference to determine the quality parameter of the reference media;
• updating the quality parameter of the reference media based on the user's quality parameter preference;
• adapting the quality parameter of the reference media;
• calculating a quality score for the media based at least in part on the comparison of the quality parameter of the media to the quality parameter of the reference media;
• receiving a search request, wherein the quality score is calculated prior to the receipt of the search request;
• and
• transmitting search results based at least in part on the quality score of the media.