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Ranking video articles
Assignee: Google LLC
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Filing: 2005-11-10
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Granted: 2011-04-26
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Expires: 2025-11-10
Abstract
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.
Inventors
- 👤 Shahid Choudhry
- 👤 John Piscitello
- 👤 Christopher Richard Uhlik
- 👤 Monika Hildegard Henzinger
- 👤 Matthew Vosburgh
- 👤 Aaron Lee
- 👤 David Marwood
- 👤 Peter Chane
- 👤 Steve Okamoto
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:15
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/70; G06F16/73; G06F16/738
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
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.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
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.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
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.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
148 words
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.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
148 words
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.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
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.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
140 words
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.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
140 words
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.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
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.
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