SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT METADATA FROM MULTIPLE DATA RECORDS

• US 20120317085A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Green, Benjamin, Helsinger, Alex, Papish, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/404,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/704
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for cataloging content metadata from a variety of sources and providing metadata to client devices. A processing device receives inconsistent data records representative of a common content element, with different values for a metadata field descriptive of a common attribute of the content element. The processor assign confidence scores metadata fields from each data record, and use these confidence scores to select the metadata that is transmitted to the client device.

Claims

1. A method of providing metadata to a client device based on inconsistent data records, comprising:

storing, with a processing device in a memory device of, first and second data records representative of a content element, the first data record including a first metadata field with a first value for a first attribute of the content element, the second data record including a second metadata field with a second value for the first attribute of the content element, and the data records being inconsistent in that the first value is different from the second value;

storing, with the processing device in the memory device, a confidence score for the first metadata field and a confidence score for the second metadata field;

receiving, at the processing device, a request from a client device for metadata descriptive of the common content element;

identifying, with the processing device, which of the first and second metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

transmitting, from the processing device over a computer network to the client device for display, the value of the identified metadata field.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the processing device, the first data record from a first cataloging system; and

receiving, at the processing device, the second data record from a second cataloging system different from the first cataloging system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a name of the first metadata field is the same as a name of the second metadata field.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retaining the value of the metadata field with the lesser confidence score in the memory device after selecting the value of the metadata field with the greater confidence score.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the client device is transmitted in response to receiving, at the client device, a request for a recommendation from a user device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the client device is configure to transmit the value of the identified metadata field to a user device for display as a recommendation for the content element.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data record further includes a third metadata field with a third value for a second attribute of the content element and the second data record further includes a fourth metadata field with a fourth value for the second attribute of the content element, and the third value is different from the fourth value, and further comprising:

storing, with the processing device in the memory device, a confidence score for the third metadata field and a confidence score for the fourth metadata field;

identifying, with the processing device, which of the third and fourth metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

transmitting, from the processing device to the client device for display, the value of the identified metadata field.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the processing device from an administrator input device of a metadata cataloging system, an instruction to lock the first data record; and

in response to receiving the lock instruction, storing, with the processing device, a locked status for the first data record in the memory device, wherein the locked status indicates that data included in the first data record will not be changed by subsequent instructions to change the data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the processing device from an administrator input device of a metadata cataloging system, a new confidence score for the first metadata field; and

storing, with the processing device in the memory device, the new confidence score to replace the confidence score for the first metadata field.

11. A system for providing metadata to a client device based on inconsistent data records, comprising:

an input device;

a storage device;

an output device configured to transmit data to the client device over a computer network; and

a processing device in communication with the input device, the storage device, and the output device and configured to;

store, in the storage device, first and second data records representative of a content element, the first data record including a first metadata field with a first value for a first attribute of the content element, the second data record including a second metadata field with a second value for the first attribute of the content element, and the data records being inconsistent in that the first value is different from the second value;

store, in the memory device, a confidence score for the first metadata field and a confidence score for the second metadata field;

receive, via the input device, a request from a client device for metadata descriptive of the common content element;

identifying which of the first and second metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

transmit, via the output device to the client device for display, the value of the identified metadata field.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

receive, at the input device, the first data record from a first cataloging system; and

receive, at the input device, the second data record from a second cataloging system different from the first cataloging system.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein a name of the first metadata field is the same as a name of the second metadata field.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

retain the value of the metadata field with the lesser confidence score in the memory device after selecting the value of the metadata field with the greater confidence score.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the request from the client device is transmitted in response to receiving, at the client device, a request for a recommendation from a user device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the client device is configure to transmit the value of the identified metadata field to a user device for display as a recommendation for the content element.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first data record further includes a third metadata field with a third value for a second attribute of the content element and the second data record further includes a fourth metadata field with a fourth value for the second attribute of the content element, and the third value is different from the fourth value, and wherein the processing device is further configured to:

store, in the memory device, a confidence score for the third metadata field and a confidence score for the fourth metadata field;

identify which of the third and fourth metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

transmit, to the client device for display, via the output device, t the value of the identified metadata field.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising an administrator input device in communication with the processing device, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

receive, from the administrator input device, an instruction to lock the first data record; and

in response to receiving the lock instruction, store a locked status for the first data record in the memory device, wherein the locked status indicates that data included in the first data record will not be changed by subsequent instructions to change the data.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising an administrator input device in communication with the processing device, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

receive, from the administrator input device, a new confidence score for the metadata field of the first data record; and

replace, in the memory device, the first confidence score for the metadata field of the first data record with the new confidence score.

21. A system for providing metadata to a client device based on inconsistent data records, comprising:

means for storing first and second data records representative of a content element, the first data record including a first metadata field with a first value for a first attribute of the content element, the second data record including a second metadata field with a second value for the first attribute of the content element, and the data records being inconsistent in that the first value is different from the second value;

means for storing a confidence score for the first metadata field and a confidence score for the second metadata field;

means for receiving a request from a client device for metadata descriptive of the common content element;

means for identifying which of the first and second metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

means for transmitting, over a computer network to the client device for display, the value of the identified metadata field.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving the first data record from a first cataloging system; and

means for receiving the second data record from a second cataloging system different from the first cataloging system.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein a name of the first metadata field is the same as a name of the second metadata field.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for retaining the value of the metadata field with the lesser confidence score after selecting the value of the metadata field with the greater confidence score.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the computer network comprises the Internet.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the request from the client device is transmitted in response to receiving, at the client device, a request for a recommendation from a user device.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the client device is configure to transmit the value of the identified metadata field to a user device for display as a recommendation for the content element.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the first data record further includes a third metadata field with a third value for a second attribute of the content element and the second data record further includes a fourth metadata field with a fourth value for the second attribute of the content element, and the third value is different from the fourth value, and further comprising:

means for storing a confidence score for the third metadata field and a confidence score for the fourth metadata field;

means for identifying which of the third and fourth metadata fields has the greater confidence score; and

means for transmitting, to the client device for display, the value of the identified metadata field.

29. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving an instruction to lock the first data record; and

means for storing, in response to receiving the lock instruction, a locked status for the first data record in the memory device, wherein the locked status indicates that data included in the first data record will not be changed by subsequent instructions to change the data.

30. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for receiving a new confidence score for the metadata field of the first data record; and

means for replacing the first confidence score for the metadata field of the first data record with the new confidence score.