Ranking video articles

• US 7,933,338 B1
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Issued: 04/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chane, Peter, Choudhry, Shahid, Piscitello, John, Okamoto, Steve, Marwood, David, Uhlik, Christopher Richard, Henzinger, Monika Hildegard, Vosburgh, Matthew, Lee, Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): AZARIAN, SEYED H
• Application Number:
  US11/271,362
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/103, 382/106, 382/107, 382/112, 382/113, 382/155, 382/168, 382/171, 382/180, 382/181, 382189-195, 382/209, 382/232, 382/260, 382/274, 382/291, 382/305, 382/312, 382/290, 375/240.26, 1/1, 715/720, 715/256, 455/432.3, 707/705, 707/706, 707/707, 707/708, 707713-719
• US Class Current: 375/240.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results

Abstract

An information retrieval system is provided for processing queries for video content. A server receives a query for video content and returns video articles, as received from broadcast systems or other content providers. Queries are formulated using text, video images, and/or visual content associated with a video article. Various video-oriented characteristics associated with the results of the queries are determined and a rank score is calculated for each. The ranked video articles are displayed in a representation to the user, from which the user can play the video article either within the representation or independent of it.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of ranking a plurality of video articles, comprising:

for each of the plurality of video articles, performing the following steps at a server;

determining intrinsic metadata of the video article and extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data, the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data including at least one selected from the group consisting of broadcast source data, broadcast time period data, third-party ratings data, user data, and textual data; and

determining a rank score based at least in part on the intrinsic metadata of the video article and based at least in part on the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data;

ordering, at the server, the plurality of video articles based on the rank score for each of the plurality of video articles; and

transmitting to a client the ordered plurality of video articles.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the intrinsic metadata of the video article includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a video article name, a video article subtitle, a video article description, video article-associated text, and video article-associated descriptive metadata.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for ranking a plurality of video articles, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions encoded on the medium, comprising:

for each of the plurality of video articles, performing the following steps at a server;

determining intrinsic metadata of the video article and extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data, the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data including at least one selected from the group consisting of broadcast source data, broadcast time period data, third-party ratings data, user data, and textual data; and

determining a rank score based at least in part on the intrinsic metadata of the video article and based at least in part on the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data;

ordering, at the server, the plurality of video articles based on the rank score for each of the plurality of video articles; and

transmitting to a client the ordered plurality of video articles.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the intrinsic metadata of the video article includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a video article name, a video article subtitle, a video article description, video article-associated text, and video article-associated descriptive metadata.

5. A system for ranking a plurality of video articles, the system comprising:

means for, for each of the plurality of video articles, determining intrinsic metadata of the video article and extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data, the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data including at least one selected from the group consisting of broadcast source data, broadcast time period data, third-party ratings data, user data, and textual data;

means for, for each of the plurality of video articles, determining a rank score based at least in part on the intrinsic metadata of the video article and based at least in part on the extrinsic video article-oriented characteristic data;

means for ordering the plurality of video articles based on the rank score for each of the plurality of video articles; and

means for transmitting to a user the ordered plurality of video articles.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one intrinsic video display element is selected from the group consisting of a video article name, a video article subtitle, a video article description, video article-associated text, and video article-associated metadata.