Patent ID: 8745684
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating video search comprising: locating a video on or linked to by a display page; generating a video search index entry for the video; parsing the video; locating a video data associated with the video; using a processor to process the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video; classifying the video by matching the video to a unique event based at least in part on the results of parsing; retrieving at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page an additional information data associated with the unique event; wherein retrieving at least in part programmatically the additional information data is based at least in part on classifying the video and includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video; augmenting the video search index entry using the additional information data; wherein the augmented video search index entry includes a first portion derived from the video data and a second portion derived from the additional information data; and weighting the first portion differently than the second portion in determining based at least in part on the video search index entry whether the video is responsive to a query.