RANKING MEDIA CONTENT FOR CLOUD-BASED SEARCHES

• US 20120158713A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: JIN, Zhiying, Zhu, Fang
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

Abstract

A device receives, from a user device, a search query for media content within a content delivery network. The device identifies a group of relevant media content in the content delivery network, where the identifying is based on the search query, access restrictions of particular media content within the content delivery network, and/or a capability of the user device to present particular types of media content. The device associates sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, and calculates a total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the sub-scores. The device ranks each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the total scores for each piece of media content, and sends, based on the search query, a list of the ranked, relevant media content to the user device.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the computing device and from a user device, a search query for media content within a content delivery network;

identifying, by the computing device, a group of relevant media content in the content delivery network, where the group of relevant media content is based on the search query and one or more of;

access restrictions of particular media content within the content delivery network,

a preference, of a user of the user device, to present a type of media content on the user device, or

a capability, of the user device, to present particular types of media content;

associating, by the computing device, a plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, each sub-score of the plurality of sub-scores relating to a different category for scoring search results;

calculating, by the computing device, a total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the plurality of sub-scores;

ranking, by the computing device, each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the total scores for each piece of media content; and

sending, by the computing device and based on the search query, a list of the ranked, relevant media content to the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a weight to each of the plurality of sub-scores to create a weighted sub-score for each of the plurality of sub-scores, where calculating the total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the of the plurality of sub-scores comprises;

calculating a total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the weighted sub-scores.

3. The method of claim 1, where associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises:

calculating an interface score that includes a value to reflect a capability, of the user device, to present particular types of media.

4. The method of claim 3, where the user device is one of:

a radiotelephone,

a personal communications system (PCS) terminal,

a personal digital assistant (PDA),

a laptop computer,

a tablet computer,

a personal computer,

a set top box (STB),

a television,

a personal gaming system, or

a content recording device.

5. The method of claim 1, where associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises:

calculating a device preference score that includes a value to reflect a preference, of a user, to present a type of media content on the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, where associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises one or more of:

calculating an access group score that includes a value to reflect a type of the access restrictions assigned to a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, or

calculating a user media score that includes a value to reflect a preference, by the user of the user device, for a particular type of media.

7. The method of claim 1, where associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises one or more of:

calculating a date created score that includes a value to reflect a time a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content was created or uploaded to the content delivery network,

calculating a date modified score that includes a value to reflect a time a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content was most-recently updated on the content delivery network,

calculating a popularity score that includes a value to reflect the popularity of a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, or

calculating a user history score that includes a value to reflect selections of past searches by the user of the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, where the media content with the content delivery network includes:

videos files,

audio files,

image files, and

text-based files.

9. A device, comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;

receive, from a user device, a search query for media content within a content delivery network;

identify a group of relevant media content in the content delivery network, where the identifying is based on the search query and one or more of;

access restrictions of particular media content within the content delivery network, or

a capability, of the user device, to present particular types of media content;

associate a plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, each sub-score of the plurality of sub-scores relating to a different category for scoring search results;

apply a weight to each the plurality of sub-scores to create a weighted sub-score for each the plurality of sub-scores;

calculate a total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the weighted sub-scores;

rank each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the total scores for each piece of media content; and

send, based on the search query, a list of the ranked, relevant media content to the user device.

10. The device of claim 9, where, when associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, the processor is further to:

calculate an interface score that includes a value to reflect the capability, of the user device, to present particular types of media.

11. The device of claim 10, where the user device is one of:

a radiotelephone,

a personal communications system (PCS) terminal,

a personal digital assistant (PDA),

a laptop computer,

a tablet computer,

a personal computer,

a set top box (STB),

a television,

a personal gaming system, or

a content recording device.

12. The device of claim 9, where, when associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, the processor is further to:

calculate an access group score that includes a value to reflect a type of the access restrictions assigned to a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content.

13. The device of claim 9, where, when associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, the processor is further to:

calculate a user media score that includes a value to reflect a preference, by a user of the user device, for a particular type of media, or

calculate a device preference score that includes a value to reflect a preference, of a user, to present a type of media content on the user device.

14. The device of claim 9, where, when associating the plurality of sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, the processor is further to:

calculate a date created score that includes a value to reflect a time a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content was created or uploaded to the content delivery network,

calculate a date modified score that includes a value to reflect a time a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content was most-recently updated on the content delivery network,

calculate a popularity score that includes a value to reflect the popularity of a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, or

calculate a user history score that includes a value to reflect selections of past searches by a user of the user device.

15. The device of claim 9, where device is a server within the content delivery network.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server device and from a user device, a search query for media content within a content delivery network, where the media content includes video files, audio files, and image files;

identifying, by the server device, a group of relevant media content in the content delivery network, where the group of relevant media content is based on the search query and a capability, of the user device, to process particular types of media;

associating, by the server device, category sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content;

calculating, by the server device, a total score, for each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the category sub-scores;

ranking, by the server device, each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content, based on the total scores for each piece of media content; and

sending, by the server device and based on the search query, a list of ranked, relevant media content to the user device.

17. The method of claim 16, where associating category sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises:

calculating an access group score that includes a value to reflect a type of access restriction assigned to a piece of media content in the group of relevant media content.

18. The method of claim 16, where the type of the access restriction includes one of:

a personal content designation;

a partially-shared content designation;

or

a public content designation.

19. The method of claim 16, where associating category sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises:

calculating a user media score that includes a value to reflect a preference, by a user of the user device, for a particular type of media.

20. The method of claim 16, where associating category sub-scores with each piece of media content in the group of relevant media content comprises:

calculating a user media score that includes a value to reflect a preference, by a user of the user device for a particular type of media.