Patent ID: 9288548
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server, a search request from a client device; creating, at the server, a first search query based on the search request, the first search query compatible with at least one broadcast multimedia content information database; sending, by the server, the first search query to the at least one broadcast multimedia content information database, each of the at least one broadcast multimedia content information databases including electronic program guide (EPG) information; receiving, at the server, first search results in response to sending the first search query to the at least one broadcast multimedia content information database, the first search results conforming to a first search result format; creating, at the server, a second search query based on the search request, the second search query compatible with at least one broadband multimedia content information database; sending, by the server, the second search query to the at least one broadband multimedia content information database, each of the at least one broadband multimedia content information databases including information related to broadband multimedia content available from at least one broadband multimedia content provider; receiving, at the server, second search results in response to sending the second search query to the at least one broadband multimedia content information database, the second search results conforming to a second search result format that is different from the first search result format; and merging, at the server, the first search results and the second search results into a single homogeneous set of search results conforming to a single search result format, and sending the single homogeneous set of search results conforming to the single search result format to the client device.