Providing search results based on keyword detection in media content

• US 8,510,317 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boetje, Michael, Hite, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US12/328,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: 707/755
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data

Abstract

A method includes accessing a cookie file from a media receiver via a network. The method includes detecting an occurrence of the keyword (selected from the cookie file) within a portion of a media content stream. The method includes identifying one or more additional words that are located within a number of words from a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content. The method includes filtering the one or more additional words to exclude at least one black listed word to produce a filtered search set. The method includes providing a search result in response to locating the keyword. The search result is based on an Internet search conducted using the keyword and the filtered search set, and is made accessible via a display device after the portion of the media content stream is made available via the display device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

accessing a cookie file from a media device via a network, wherein a keyword is selected from the cookie file;

detecting an occurrence of the keyword within a portion of a media content stream;

identifying one or more additional words that are located within a number of words from a location corresponding to the occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the media content stream;

filtering the one or more additional words to exclude at least one black listed word to produce a filtered search set; and

in response to the occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the media content stream, performing an Internet search based on the keyword and the filtered search set.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor and the memory are included in a server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the media device includes a set-top box device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the number of words is ten, and wherein each of the one or more additional words is located at a second location within the portion of the media content stream that is within ten words before the location corresponding to the occurrence of the keyword or ten words after the location corresponding to the occurrence of the keyword.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the network includes an internet protocol television network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise analyzing an audio portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise analyzing a closed caption portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise analyzing a white space portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending a search request to a search engine to initiate the Internet search.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the keyword identifies a particular portion of a uniform resource locator address.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the particular portion of the uniform resource locator address includes uniform resource locator protocol, a uniform resource locator top-level domain name, or both.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the particular portion of the uniform resource locator address includes a uniform resource locator top-level domain name, and wherein the uniform resource locator address is formed based on the particular portion of the uniform resource locator address and the one or more additional words.

13. A method comprising:

accessing a cookie file from a media receiver via a network, wherein a keyword is selected from the cookie file;

sending a portion of a stream of media content to the media receiver;

scanning the portion of the stream of media content to locate the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content;

identifying one or more additional words that are located within a number of words from a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content;

filtering the one or more additional words to exclude at least one black listed word to produce a filtered search set; and

providing a search result in response to locating the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content, wherein the search result is based on an Internet search conducted using the keyword and the filtered search set, and wherein the search result is made accessible via a display device after the portion of the stream of media content is made available via the display device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the cookie file is accessed in response to receiving a request to provide the portion of the stream of media content to the media receiver.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one black listed word is a user-defined.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the media receiver is a set-top box device.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the search result includes information identifying one or more websites associated with the keyword.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein filtering the one or more additional words to produce the filtered search set further includes filtering the one or more additional words to exclude one or more prepositions.

19. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

accessing a cookie file from a media device via a network, wherein a keyword is selected from the cookie file;

scanning a stream of media content to locate the keyword within a portion of the stream of media content;

identifying one or more additional words that are located within a number of words from a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content;

filtering the one or more additional words to exclude at least one black listed word to produce a filtered search set; and

providing a search result in response to locating the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content, the search result based on an Internet search conducted using the keyword and the filtered search set, wherein the search result is made accessible via a display device after the portion of the stream of media content is made available via the display device.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise conducting the Internet search based on the filtered search set and the keyword.

21. A method comprising:

accessing a cookie file from a media device via a network, wherein a keyword is selected from the cookie file;

scanning a portion of a stream of media content to identify the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content;

identifying one or more additional words that are located within a number of words from a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content;

filtering the one or more additional words to exclude black listed words to produce a filtered search set;

initiating a network search of the keyword and the filtered search set in response to identifying the keyword in the portion of the stream of media content; and

receiving results of the network search, wherein the results of the network search are made accessible after the portion of the stream of media content is made available via a display device.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising performing the network search based on the filtered search set.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising sending the results of the network search to the display device via an internet protocol television access network.