METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTION OF A MEDIA FILE BASED ON A RESPONSE

• US 20150227522A1
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ChaCha Search, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ChaCha Search, Inc.
• Inventors: Jones, Scott A., Lee, Vee, O'Donnell, Eugene M.
• Application Number:
  US14/617,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20150227522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A system and method of choosing media which may be presented in conjunction with a posting is described. Content of a question or request is analyzed to generate query which is used to obtain a media file which matches the query. A response or reply or answer to a request and any information associated with a posting may be used to select and/or rank a media file which may be made available.

Claims

1. A method of providing media comprising:

receiving a request comprising content;

performing a search of media files based on the content;

providing indicators of a number of the media files ranked highest for the request;

receiving a selection of a media file of the media files; and

presenting the media file in association with the content and an identifier of a composer of the request.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files are images further comprising:

presenting a portion of text indicated by the content as a query to a search facility; and

ranking the media files based on the text when a user confirms the query.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files are images further comprising:

creating a query from the content based on keywords associated with the media files and a ranking of the keywords; and

performing the search based on the query.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

selecting the keywords based on a category associated with the request; and

ranking the keywords based on a source of a post for which the request is a reply.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a query based on metadata associated with the request; and

determining the metadata based on a posting associated with the request.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

determining the metadata based on responses associated with the posting and the request.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a query based on a category assigned to a posting to which the request is a response; and

ranking the media files based on the category and the content.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a query based on a history of media files selected by a source of the request; and

ranking the media files based on the query.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

ranking the media files based on previous selections of media files;

receiving the previous selections from sources performing searches comprising a portion of the content.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

ranking the media files based on previous selections of media files;

receiving the previous selections from sources submitting a query created based on the content.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating a query based on the content;

presenting queries created from the content in an order based on a ranking of the queries; and

executing the search based on the query when a source of the request confirms the query.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a reply to a posting for which the request is a response;

determining a query based on the reply, the posting and the request; and

performing the search based on the query.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting the media files from a device associated with a source of the request.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting the media files from a library determined based on an intended distribution of a posting.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

ranking the media files based on a source of the media files;

obtaining a link between a source of the request and a peer;

delivering an indication to the peer based on consent of the source and an interaction history of the peer and the source; and

sending a notification to the source based on a response of the peer to the indication.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting the media file when a response is selected based on a source of the request and a source of a posting to which the request responds.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating a search query based on a search result obtained by submitting a portion of the request to a search engine.

18. A system for providing media comprising:

a server device receiving a request comprising content, performing a search of media files based on the content, providing indicators of a number of the media files ranked highest for the request, receiving a selection of a media file of the media files; and

presenting the media file in association with the content and an identifier of a composer of the request.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing therein a program for causing a computer to execute an operation comprising:

receiving a request comprising content;

performing a search of media files based on the content;

providing indicators of a number of the media files ranked highest for the request;

receiving a selection of a media file of the media files; and

presenting the media file in association with the content and an identifier of a composer of the request.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein the operation further comprises:

preferentially directing a query based on the request to a search resource based on a cost associated with distribution of the media files.