Patent ID: 9514229
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A network element (NE) in a telecommunications operator network, the NE comprising: a plurality of ports configured to communicate data between an end user terminal and a plurality of media content service providers, each positioned outside of the telecommunications operator network; and a processor coupled to the plurality of ports and configured to: receive, via the plurality of ports, a plurality of search responses from the plurality of media content service providers, wherein each search response identifies media available to a responding media content service provider and relevant to the single terminal search request; filter the plurality of search responses from the plurality of media content service providers to remove search responses that are incompatible with a quality of experience (QoE) of an end user; rank the filtered of the plurality of search responses based on enhancing the QoE of the end user and the requested media monetization method; assign a QoE ranking value to each QoE factor; calculate a total QoE value for each filtered search response, wherein the total QoE value is based upon the QoE ranking value associated with the each filtered search response; and derive a ranked search response list, wherein the ranked search response list comprises the filtered of the plurality of search responses arranged in a descending order from a highest of the total QoE values to a lowest of the total QoE values.