- Patent Title: Video and digital multimedia aggregator content suggestion engine
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Application No.: US09921057Application Date: 2001-08-03
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Publication No.: US09286294B2Publication Date: 2016-03-15
- Inventor: Michael L. Asmussen , John S. Mccoskey , William D. Swart
- Applicant: Michael L. Asmussen , John S. Mccoskey , William D. Swart
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Current Assignee: Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04H20/42 ; H04H20/91 ; H04H60/04 ; H04H60/25 ; H04H60/64 ; H04H60/73 ; H04N5/60 ; H04N7/088 ; H04N7/10 ; H04N7/16 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/218 ; H04N21/2187 ; H04N21/222 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/236 ; H04N21/2362 ; H04N21/2381 ; H04N21/2389 ; H04N21/25 ; H04N21/2543 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/2668 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/434 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/4385 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/443 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/454 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/47 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/4786 ; H04N21/4788 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/6543 ; H04N21/6547 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/858 ; H04H20/02 ; H04H60/23 ; H04H60/31 ; H04M1/57 ; H04N5/44 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N5/45 ; H04N21/478

Abstract:
To allow a user to maximize use of a video and digital multimedia aggregator, a search suggestion engine and corresponding method may be used to provide suggestions of available content. The search suggestion engine starts by constructing a database of metadata elements or word items. The metadata element database may be constructed by using a crawler that periodically or continually crawls a content metadata database and extracts word items from the content metadata database. The word items are then processed according to a number of factors, including part-of-speech, entries in dictionaries and thesaurus and other factors. The thus-processed word items are indexed, and may be provided with a vector value. A subsequent search request submitted by the user may include search criteria that may be provided vector values. A processor within the search suggestion engine compares the vector values to determine if an indexed word item should be considered for retrieving the indexed word item's associated content. A list of suggested content is then generated. The list of suggested items may be ranked and filtered before being provided to the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020042923A1 Video and digital multimedia aggregator content suggestion engine Public/Granted day:2002-04-11
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