Providing search results based on keyword detection in media content

• US 8,819,035 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• 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 B., Hite, Steven A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waldron, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US13/926,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20130290307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 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 can include accessing a cookie file to obtain a keyword where the cookie file is associated with a media device and scanning a stream of media content to locate the keyword within a portion of the stream of media content. The method can include generating a filtered search set by applying filtering to additional words to exclude a black listed word, where the additional words are located within a pre-determined proximity to a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content. The method can include providing a search result based on a network search conducted using the keyword and the filtered search set.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing, by a media receiver, a cookie file that identifies a keyword;

presenting, by the media receiver, a portion of a stream of media content at a display device;

receiving, by the media receiver over a network, search results;

presenting, by the media receiver, the search results at the display device,

wherein the search results are based on an Internet search conducted by a server using a filtered search set and the keyword that is obtained from the cookie file,

wherein the server is remote from the media receiver, wherein the filtered search set comprises a plurality of words;

generating, by the media receiver, the filtered search set by filtering out a black listed word from 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, wherein the keyword corresponds to a portion of a uniform resource locator; and

creating, by the media receiver, the uniform resource locator for accessing a web site, using a word immediately preceding or immediately following the occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results are received by the media receiver in response to the server locating the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content, and wherein the presenting of the search results at the display device is after the portion of the stream of media content is presented at the display device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cookie file is accessed by the server over the network in response to receiving a request to provide the portion of the stream of media content to the media receiver, and wherein the search results include a selectable link.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the black listed word is user-defined, and wherein the search results include information identifying a website associated with the keyword.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the filtered search set comprises excluding a preposition.

6. 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 obtained from the cookie file, and wherein the media device is remote from the processor;

generating a filtered search set by filtering out a black listed word that is located within a number of words from a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within a portion of a media content stream, wherein the filtered search set comprises a plurality of words, and wherein the keyword corresponds to a portion of a uniform resource locator;

creating the uniform resource locator for accessing a web site, using a word immediately preceding or immediately following the occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the media content stream; and

performing an Internet search based on the keyword and the filtered search set.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein a search result is made accessible via a display device after the portion of the media content stream is made available via the display device by the media device.

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

9. The system of claim 6, 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.

10. The system of claim 6, 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.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the media device includes a set top box device, and wherein the network includes an internet protocol television network.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the number of words is a pre-determined number of words, and wherein the black listed word is located at a second location within the portion of the media content stream that is within the pre-determined number of words before the location corresponding to the occurrence of the keyword or the pre-determined number of words after the location corresponding to the occurrence of the keyword.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein the generating of the filtered search set comprises excluding a preposition.

14. The system of claim 6, wherein the keyword corresponds to a uniform resource locator protocol.

15. The system of claim 6, wherein the keyword corresponds to a uniform resource locator top-level domain name.

16. The system of claim 6, wherein the black listed word is user-defined.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

accessing a cookie file to obtain a keyword, wherein the cookie file is associated with a media device, and wherein the processor is remote from the media device;

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

generating a filtered search set by applying filtering to additional words to exclude a black listed word, wherein the filtered search set comprises a plurality of words, wherein the additional words are located within a pre-determined proximity to a location corresponding to an occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content, and wherein the keyword corresponds to a portion of a uniform resource locator;

creating the uniform resource locator for accessing a web site, using a word immediately preceding or immediately following the occurrence of the keyword within the portion of the stream of media content; and

providing a search result based on an Internet search conducted using the keyword and the filtered search set.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 17, 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 by the media device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the filtering applied to the additional words excludes a black listed word.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the black listed word is user defined, and wherein the scanning of the stream of media content comprises analyzing an audio portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword, analyzing a closed caption portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword, analyzing a white space portion of the portion of the media content stream to detect the occurrence of the keyword, or a combination thereof.