Describing media content in terms of degrees
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1. A method for describing media content implemented by a computing device including one or more processors, the method comprising:
- receiving from a first provider, a first description of a media content, wherein the first description identifies a first genre associated with the media content;
receiving from a second provider, a second description of a media content, wherein the second description identifies a second genre associated with the media content;
determining a first trust level associated with the first provider and a second trust level associated with the second provider;
utilizing the one or more processors for calculating first and second degree values based on the first and second trust levels, wherein the first and second degrees indicate how related the first and second genres are to the media content relative to one another; and
providing for a user, a description of the media content, wherein the description of the media content comprises the first and second degrees and the corresponding first and second genres.
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Abstract
A media classification system receives media content descriptions from one or more description providers. The media classification system generates a description of media content based on descriptions of the media content received from one or more description providers. The descriptions describe the media content in terms of degrees. The media classification system may generate a composite description based on the received media content descriptions. The media classification system provides the descriptions, in terms of degrees, to one or more program data providers.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for describing media content implemented by a computing device including one or more processors, the method comprising:
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receiving from a first provider, a first description of a media content, wherein the first description identifies a first genre associated with the media content; receiving from a second provider, a second description of a media content, wherein the second description identifies a second genre associated with the media content; determining a first trust level associated with the first provider and a second trust level associated with the second provider; utilizing the one or more processors for calculating first and second degree values based on the first and second trust levels, wherein the first and second degrees indicate how related the first and second genres are to the media content relative to one another; and providing for a user, a description of the media content, wherein the description of the media content comprises the first and second degrees and the corresponding first and second genres. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method implemented by a computing device including one or more processors, the method comprising:
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receiving a first description that identifies a first genre associated with media content and a second description that identifies a second genre associated with the media content, wherein the first and second genres respectively represent first and second types of media content; determining a first trust level associated with a first description provider from which the first description is received; determining a second trust level associated with a second description provider from which the second description is received; utilizing the one or more processors for determining a first degree based on the first trust level and a second degree based on the second trust level; assigning the first degree to the first genre and the second degree to the second genre to indicate how relative the first and second genres are to the media content; and providing for display, a representation of the media content, wherein the representation of the media content comprises an indication of how relative the first and second genres are to the media content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method implemented in a computing device including one or more processors, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of descriptions associated with media content from a plurality of description providers, each description indicating one or more genres associated with the media content, wherein each of the genres represent a program type; utilizing the one or more processors for assigning a relative degree to each of the genres to indicate how related each genre is to the media content relative to another genre, wherein the relative degree assigned to each genre is based on a trust level associated with a description provider that provided a description that indicates the genre; and displaying for a user, the relative degree that was assigned to each of the genres. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A media classification system comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a media description repository maintained in the memory and executed on the processor, the media description repository comprising; a media identification class configured to represent media content; a provider class configured to represent providers and associated trust levels; a genre degree class configured to represent descriptions of media content in terms of genre degrees, wherein a genre degree indicates a degree to which the media content is associated with a particular genre; an association between the media identification class and the genre degrees class that represents a description of a media content; and an association between the provider class and the genre degrees class that represents a description of media content received from a description provider.
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20. A system comprising:
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a description provider interface to receive a plurality of descriptions of a media content from a plurality of description providers, wherein each of the description providers has an associated trust level; and a composite generator to generate a composite description of the media content based on the plurality of descriptions of the media content and the trust levels associated with each of the plurality of description providers, the composite description comprising relative degrees to which the media content relates to each of a plurality of genres. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. One or more computer-readable media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to execute a method comprising:
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receiving, from a first provider having a first trust level, a first description of media content that identifies a first genre associated with the media content; receiving, from a second provider having a second trust level, a second description of the media content that identifies a second genre associated with the media content; and assigning a first degree to the first genre and a second degree to the second genre, wherein the first and second genres respectively provide first and second program type categories, and wherein the first degree is based on the first trust level and the second degree is based on the second trust level. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. One or more computer-readable media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to execute a method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of descriptions of media content from a plurality of description providers, with individual ones of the descriptions indicating one or more genre associated with the media content, each of the description providers having an associated trust level, wherein each of the one or more genres represents a program type; calculating a preliminary degree associated with each genre according to the equation; where; PG is a preliminary degree associated with a Gth genre; Gx is a degree associated with the Gth genre as indicated by the description of the media content received from an Xth description provider; n is a number of descriptions of the media content; and Tx is a trust level associated with the Xth description provider; and calculating a relative degree associated with each genre according to the equation; where; DG is a relative degree associated with the Gth genre; and m is a number of genre associated with the media content.
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