PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION PROGRAM

• US 20140115635A1
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: MASHIMO, Noriya
• Granted Patent: US 9,451,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/53
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/268 Morphological analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/466 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

The program recommendation device includes a search term receiver that receives at least one search term designated by a user, a partial match searcher that searches an electronic program list for programs having program information with words and phrases partially matching the search term designated by the user and outputs a partial match search result set, a language analyzer that performs a language analyzing process on the program information of each of the programs contained in the partial match search result set and outputs an analyzed search result set, an exact match searcher that searches the analyzed program information contained in the analyzed search result set for programs with words and phrases exactly matching the search term designated by the user and outputs an exact match search result set. A recommended program display displays programs contained in the exact match search result set as recommended programs.

Claims

1. A program recommendation device comprising:

a search term receiver which is configured to receive a search term designated by a user;

a partial match searcher which is configured to search an electronic program list for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which at least partially matches the received search term, and to output a partial match search result set based on a result of the search;

a language analyzer which is configured to perform a language analyzing process with respect to program information of each of the at least one program included in the partial match search result set and to output an analyzed search result set; and

an exact match searcher which is configured to search the analyzed search result set for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which exactly matches the received search term, and to output an exact match search result set based on a result of the search,

wherein the at least one program included in the exact match search result set is displayed on a display as a recommended program.

2. The program recommendation device of claim 1, wherein each of the partial match search result set, the analyzed search result set, and the exact match search result set respectively comprises at least one program.

3. The program recommendation device of claim 1, wherein the language analyzer is further configured to translate the program information of each of the at least one program included in the partial match search result set into a language selected by the user.

4. The program recommendation device of claim 1, wherein the language analyzer is further configured to translate the program information of each of the at least one program included in the partial match search result set into a language of a country where the at least one program is produced based on country information which relates to the at least one program.

5. The program recommendation device of claim 1, wherein the language analyzer is further configured to perform a morphological analysis.

6. The program recommendation device of claim 1, further comprising a viewing log analyzer which is configured to generate a relevant search term which relates to the received search term by using a past history of viewings of the user,

wherein the search term receiver is further configured to receive the search term designated by the user and the generated relevant search term.

7. The program recommendation device of claim 6, wherein the viewing log analyzer comprises a count accumulator which is configured to determine a number of occurrences of each of words, phrases, and text strings included in program information of a viewed program according to respective categories of the program information of programs, an occurrence coefficient setter which is configured to set an occurrence coefficient based on a respective coefficient of each corresponding category and the number of occurrences of each of the words, phrases, and text strings determined by the count accumulator on a per category basis, and a relevant search term generator which is configured to generate a relevant search term which relates to the received search term based on the occurrence coefficient.

8. A method for generating a recommendation which relates to a program, the method comprising:

receiving a search term designated by a user;

searching an electronic program list for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which at least partially matches the received search term, and outputting a partial match search result set based on a result of the search;

performing a language analyzing process with respect to program information of each of the at least one program included in the partial match search result set and outputting an analyzed search result set; and

searching the analyzed search result set for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which exactly matches the received search term, and outputting an exact match search result set based on a result of the search,

wherein the at least one program included in the exact match search result set is displayed on a screen as a recommended program.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the partial match search result set, the analyzed search result set, and the exact match search result set respectively comprises at least one program.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating a relevant search term which relates to the received search term by using a past history of viewings of the user,

wherein the receiving the search term designated by the user further comprises receiving the generated relevant search term.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating the relevant search term comprises determining a number of occurrences of each of words, phrases, and text strings included in program information of a viewed program according to respective categories of the program information of programs, and setting an occurrence coefficient based on a respective coefficient of each corresponding category and the determined accumulated number of occurrences of each of the words, phrases, and text strings on a per category basis, and generating a relevant search term which relates to the received search term based on the occurrence coefficient.

12. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program recommendation program which is usable in a program recommendation device which comprises a program searcher which is configured to search an electronic program list for at least one program having program information which at least partially matches a received search term based on the search term and to output a search result set comprising at least one program, and a recommended program display which is configured to display at least one program included in the search result set which is output from the program searcher as a recommended program,

wherein the program recommendation program is executable by a computer for implementing respective functions of each of the program searcher and the recommended program display,

wherein the program searcher comprises a search term receiver which is configured to receive a search term designated by a user, a partial match searcher which is configured to search an electronic program list for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which at least partially matches the received search term, a language analyzer which is configured to perform a language analyzing process with respect to the program information of the at least one program searched by the partial match searcher, and an exact match searcher which is configured to search the program information analyzed by the language analyzer for at least one program having program information which includes at least one word or one phrase which exactly matches the received search term, and wherein the recommended program display is further configured to display at least one program included in an exact match search result set output from the exact match searcher as a recommended program.

13. A method for generating a recommendation which relates to a program, the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of programs from an electronic program list based on a search term which is designated by a user;

analyzing information which relates to each of the plurality of programs with respect to the designated search term;

performing a search of a result of the analyzing in order to determine at least one program which exactly matches the designated search term; and

displaying the determined at least one program on a screen as a recommendation,

wherein the information which relates to each of the plurality of programs includes at least one of a program title, a program genre, and a program content description.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the analyzing comprises translating the information which relates to each of the plurality of programs into a language selected by the user.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the analyzing comprises translating the information which relates to each respective one of the plurality of programs into a respective language which relates to a corresponding country where the each respective one of the plurality of programs is produced.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the analyzing comprises performing a morphological analysis with respect to the information which relates to each of the plurality of programs.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating a relevant search term based on a past history of viewings of the user,

wherein the identifying comprises identifying the plurality of programs from the electronic program list based on both of the search term which is designated by the user and the generated relevant search term.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the generating the relevant search term comprises:

counting, on a per category basis, a total number of occurrences of words, phrases, and text strings included in program information relating to the past history of viewings by the user; and

using a result of the counting to generate the relevant search term.