Method of and System for Updating Locally Cached Content Descriptor Information
First Claim
1. A method of finding and presenting content items based on query input received from a user in which the match for content items of potential interest is based at least in part on metacontent associated with content items on a local device that was provided by a remote catalog of metacontent, the method comprising:
- providing on a remote server system a remote catalog of metacontent associated with content items, the metacontent describing the informational content of the content items;
providing on a local device a local collection of content items and associated metacontent, the metacontent associated with each content item describing the informational content of the corresponding content item;
from time to time, updating the metacontent associated with the content items of the local collection with metacontent of the remote catalog based on matching content items of the local collection with content items associated with metacontent of the remote catalog;
receiving query input from the user for finding at least one desired content item;
determining a subset of content items of the local collection associated with metacontent that at least partially matches the query input from the user, wherein at least one of the matching metacontents is metacontent updated from the remote catalog of metacontent; and
presenting the subset of content items on a display device based on at least one ranking criterion.
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Abstract
A method of and system for updating locally cached content descriptor information is disclosed. A method includes providing a remote catalog of metacontent associated with content items that describes their informational content. The method also includes providing a local collection of content items and associated metacontent. The method further includes, updating the metacontent associated with the content items of the local collection with metacontent of the remote catalog based on matching the content items of the local collection and remote catalog. The method includes receiving query input from the user for finding desired content items and determining a subset of content items of the local collection associated with metacontent that at least partially matches the query input in which at least one of the matching metacontents is from the remote catalog. The method also includes presenting the subset of content items based on at least one ranking criterion.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of finding and presenting content items based on query input received from a user in which the match for content items of potential interest is based at least in part on metacontent associated with content items on a local device that was provided by a remote catalog of metacontent, the method comprising:
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providing on a remote server system a remote catalog of metacontent associated with content items, the metacontent describing the informational content of the content items; providing on a local device a local collection of content items and associated metacontent, the metacontent associated with each content item describing the informational content of the corresponding content item; from time to time, updating the metacontent associated with the content items of the local collection with metacontent of the remote catalog based on matching content items of the local collection with content items associated with metacontent of the remote catalog; receiving query input from the user for finding at least one desired content item; determining a subset of content items of the local collection associated with metacontent that at least partially matches the query input from the user, wherein at least one of the matching metacontents is metacontent updated from the remote catalog of metacontent; and presenting the subset of content items on a display device based on at least one ranking criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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