Apparatus and method for program selection utilizing exclusive and inclusive metadata searches
First Claim
1. An apparatus for identifying a multimedia program that contains at least one word that is related to a user specified search word, said apparatus comprising:
- a metadata search controller capable of receiving metadata that contains words present in said multimedia program;
wherein said metadata search controller is capable of executing an inclusive metadata search that is capable of identifying a match between said user specified search word and a metadata word of said multimedia program that is related to said user specified search word.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for conducting exclusive and inclusive metadata searches to identify and select multimedia programs. The apparatus of the invention including a metadata search controller that compares user specified search words with metadata words to find programs that meet user specified search criteria. The metadata search controller executes an inclusive metadata search to search for matches between a user specified search word and a metadata word that is related to the user specified search word in a word pair contained within a word pair database. The metadata search controller calculates a rank value for each program that is found by a metadata search and creates a ranked list of such programs.
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66 Claims
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1. An apparatus for identifying a multimedia program that contains at least one word that is related to a user specified search word, said apparatus comprising:
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a metadata search controller capable of receiving metadata that contains words present in said multimedia program;
wherein said metadata search controller is capable of executing an inclusive metadata search that is capable of identifying a match between said user specified search word and a metadata word of said multimedia program that is related to said user specified search word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for identifying a multimedia program that contains at least one word that is related to a user specified search word, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving in a metadata search controller metadata that contains words present in said multimedia program; and
executing in said metadata search controller an inclusive metadata search; and
identifying a match between said user specified search word and a metadata word of said multimedia program that is related to said user specified search word. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. Computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium for identifying a multimedia program that contains at least one word that is related to a user specified search word, the computer executable instructions comprising the steps of:
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receiving in a metadata search controller metadata that contains words present in said multimedia program; and
executing in said metadata search controller an inclusive metadata search; and
identifying a match between said user specified search word and a metadata word of said multimedia program that is related to said user specified search word. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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