SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE CONTENT SEARCHING

• US 20090024614A1
• Filed: 05/12/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SMS AC Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SMS AC Incorporated
• Inventors: Ballester, Andrew, Pousti, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US12/119,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024614A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP

Abstract

A search engine that can be configured to combine information related to a web page (channel) or content file view and/or “click throughs” with revenue information in order to determine relevance of the various matched content listed in the search results, is disclosed. By combining revenue information with page view/click through information, potentially more relevant results can be presented to the user for viewing.

Claims

1. A system for searching a network community platform for network community content, comprising:

a content database communicatively connected to the network community platform, the content database configured to store the network community content and one or more network community content metric associated with the network community content; and

a content search engine communicatively connected to the network community platform and configured to,

search the content database to identify network community content that is associated with a search term submitted by a network community platform user,

sort the identified network community content based on network community content metrics associated with the identified content, and

generate a list of the sorted identified network community content.

2. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the content database and the content search engine reside on the same computing device.

3. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the network community content is a content channel.

4. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 3, wherein the content channel is a web page that includes a particular content type.

5. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 4, wherein the content type is an application.

6. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 4, wherein the content type is a media file.

7. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 4, wherein the content type is a podcast.

8. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the network community content is a content file.

9. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 8, wherein the content file is a music file.

10. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 8, wherein the content file is a picture file.

11. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 8, wherein the content file is a video file.

12. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the content metric is a ratio of total earnings generated by the network community content and search clicks associated with the network community content over a set interval.

13. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the content metric is total earnings generated by the network community content over a set interval.

14. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the content metric is search clicks associated with the network community content over a set interval.

15. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the content metric is a number of user views of the network community content over a set interval.

16. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 12, wherein the set interval is a time period.

17. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 12, wherein the set interval is a number of searches submitted.

18. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the association of the search term with the network community content is made by matching the search term with the titles of the network community content.

19. The system for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 1, wherein the association of the search term with the network community content is made by matching the search term with the tags assigned to the network community content.

20. A method for searching a network community platform for network community content, comprising:

submitting a search term to a content search engine;

searching a content database to identify the network community content that is associated with the search term;

sorting the identified network community content based on content metrics associated with the identified network community content; and

generating a list of the sorted identified network community content.

21. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the network community content is a content channel.

22. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 21, wherein the content channel is a web page that includes a particular content type.

23. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 22, wherein the content type is an application.

24. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 22, wherein the content type is a media file.

25. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 22, wherein the content type is a podcast.

26. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the identification of the network community content associated with the search term includes matching the search term with the titles of the network community content.

27. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, further including assigning a tag to the network community content.

28. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 27, wherein the identification of the network community content associated with the search term includes matching the search term with the tags assigned to the network community content.

29. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the content metric is a ratio of total earnings generated by the network community content and search clicks associated with the network community content over a set interval.

30. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the content metric is total earnings generated by the network community content over a set interval.

31. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the content metric is search clicks associated with the network community content over a set interval.

32. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the content metric is a number of user views of the network community content over a set interval.

33. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 29, wherein the set interval is a time period.

34. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 29, wherein the set interval is a number of searches submitted.

35. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 20, wherein the network community content is a content file.

36. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 35, wherein the content file is a music file.

37. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 35, wherein the content file is a picture file.

38. The method for searching a network community platform for network community content, as recited in claim 35, wherein the content file is a video file.