Patent ID: 9578379
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for identifying media assets, the method comprising: receiving a first user rating for a first portion of a first media asset, the first portion of the first media asset being associated with first metadata; receiving a second user rating for a second portion of the first media asset, the second portion of the first media asset being associated with second metadata, wherein the second portion is different than the first portion; determining whether the second user rating is higher than the first user rating; storing a database that includes entries that each include a property of media assets field associated with a metadata field; searching the metadata fields of the entries in the database to identify a first entry having metadata stored in the metadata field that matches the first metadata and the second metadata; retrieving a first property stored in the property of media assets field of the identified entry from the database to determine that the first media asset is associated with the first property; in response to determining that the second user rating is higher than the first user rating, identifying a second media asset that is associated with the first property associated with the first media asset; and in response to determining that the second user rating is not higher than the first user rating: