Methods and apparatus to generate relevance rankings for use by a program selector of a media presentation system
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1. A system comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;
calculating an average of occurrence counts for a plurality of terms associated with a program in a program guide;
computing, for the program, a relevance ranking score, wherein the relevance ranking score is computed by multiplying the average of occurrence counts for the plurality of terms by a number of times the program is listed in the program guide;
adjusting the relevance ranking score for the program based on a user profile; and
generating, for display on a display device, a sorted list of programs including the program, wherein the sorted list is sorted based on the relevance ranking score for the program.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to generate relevance rankings for use by a program selector of a media presentation system are disclosed. An example method comprises tabulating a plurality of occurrence counts for respective ones of a plurality of terms of a program guide, each of the occurrence counts indicating a corresponding number of times each of the terms appears in the program guide, computing a plurality of relevance ranking scores for respective ones of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide based on the plurality of occurrence counts, selecting a list of programs from the program guide based on the relevance ranking scores, and outputting the list of programs
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising; calculating an average of occurrence counts for a plurality of terms associated with a program in a program guide; computing, for the program, a relevance ranking score, wherein the relevance ranking score is computed by multiplying the average of occurrence counts for the plurality of terms by a number of times the program is listed in the program guide; adjusting the relevance ranking score for the program based on a user profile; and generating, for display on a display device, a sorted list of programs including the program, wherein the sorted list is sorted based on the relevance ranking score for the program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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determining, by utilizing instructions from memory that are executed by a processor, an average of occurrence counts for a plurality of terms associated with a program in a program guide; calculating, for the program, a relevance ranking score, wherein the relevance ranking score is computed by multiplying the average of occurrence counts for the plurality of terms by a number of times the program is listed in the program guide; adjusting the relevance ranking score for the program based on a user profile; and generatin, for display on a display device, a sorted list of programs including the program, wherein the sorted list is sorted based on the relevance ranking score for the program. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory medium including machine readable instructions which, when loaded and executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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computing an average of occurrence counts for a plurality of terms associated with a program in a program guide; computing, for the program, a relevance ranking score, wherein the relevance Ranking score is computed by multiplying the average of occurrence counts for the plurality of terms by a number of times the program is listed in the program guide; adjusting the relevance ranking score for the program based on a user profile; and generating, for display on a display device, a sorted list of programs including the program, wherein the sorted list is sorted based on the relevance ranking score for the program. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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