Media object query submission and response
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from a user device of a first user, a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, wherein the first query requests information identifying content presented in the first media object;
providing for presentation the first media object and the first query to a plurality of second users different from the first user;
receiving a suggested answer to the first query from each of a group of second users of the plurality of second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, and wherein a suggested answer from a particular second user is either a new suggested answer submitted by the particular second user in response to the first query or a previous suggested answer to the first query selected by the particular second user, the previous suggested answer being a suggested answer previously submitted by a different second user of the plurality of second users in response to the first query;
grouping similar suggested answers based on a semantic similarity measure;
ranking the suggested answers where each group of similar suggested answers is given a combined ranking; and
providing for presentation one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for submitting media object queries and receiving suggested answers for the media object queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving from a first user a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, presenting the first media object and the first query to multiple second users, receiving a suggested answer to the first query from each of two or more second users of the multiple second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, ranking the suggested answers, and presenting one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, from a user device of a first user, a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, wherein the first query requests information identifying content presented in the first media object; providing for presentation the first media object and the first query to a plurality of second users different from the first user; receiving a suggested answer to the first query from each of a group of second users of the plurality of second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, and wherein a suggested answer from a particular second user is either a new suggested answer submitted by the particular second user in response to the first query or a previous suggested answer to the first query selected by the particular second user, the previous suggested answer being a suggested answer previously submitted by a different second user of the plurality of second users in response to the first query; grouping similar suggested answers based on a semantic similarity measure; ranking the suggested answers where each group of similar suggested answers is given a combined ranking; and providing for presentation one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 24)
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11. A system comprising:
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a user interface device; and one or more computers operable to interact with the user interface device and to; receive from a first user of the user interface device a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, wherein the first query requests information identifying content presented in the first media object; provide for presentation the first media object and the first query to a plurality of second users different from the first user; receive a suggested answer to the first query from each of a group of second users of the plurality of second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, and wherein a suggested answer from a particular second user is either a new suggested answer submitted by the particular second user in response to the first query or a previous suggested answer to the first query selected by the particular second user, the previous suggested answer being a suggested answer previously submitted by a different second user of the plurality of second users in response to the first query; group similar suggested answers based on a semantic similarity measure; rank the suggested answers where each group of similar suggested answers is given a combined ranking; and provide for presentation one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user on the user interface device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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25. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a first user of the user interface device, a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, wherein the first query requests information identifying content presented in the first media object;
providing for presentation the first media object and the first query to a plurality of second users different from the first user;receiving a suggested answer to the first query from each of a group of second users of the plurality of second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, and wherein a suggested answer from a particular second user is either a new suggested answer submitted by the particular second user in response to the first query or a previous suggested answer to the first query selected by the particular second user, the previous suggested answer being a suggested answer previously submitted by a different second user of the plurality of second users in response to the first query; grouping similar suggested answers based on a semantic similarity measure; ranking the suggested answers where each group of similar suggested answers is given a combined ranking; and providing for presentation one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user.
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