Patent ID: 9503790
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, a search request, that includes one or more search parameters, for searching a corpus of assets comprising items of digital content stored in one or more asset databases; identifying, by the device using a search engine, a list of assets, from the corpus of assets stored in the one or more asset databases, that are relevant to the one or more search parameters, wherein the list of assets comprises a first asset and other assets; obtaining, by the device from one or more fan rating databases, a first number of stars associated with fan ratings of the first asset, wherein the first asset comprises a first item of digital content; obtaining, by the device from the one or more fan rating databases, a total first number of fan reviews of the first asset, wherein the total first number of fan reviews of the first asset comprises a total number of times that the first asset has been reviewed by a plurality of users over a period of time; obtaining, by the device from the one or more fan rating databases, a first release year associated with the first asset; determining, by the device, a first sorting value based on a function of the first number of stars, the total first number of fan reviews, and the first release year, wherein the function determines the first sorting value by multiplying the first number of stars by a first constant, adding the total first number of fan reviews multiplied by a second constant, and adding the first release year; sorting, by the device, the first asset among the other assets using the determined first sorting value to create a sorted asset list; providing the sorted asset list to be displayed, in response to the search request; receiving, at the device, an indication of a selected asset from the sorted asset list; and generating and transmitting, by the device, an asset transport stream based on the selected asset.