Patent ID: 8924413
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a user device, a search query associated with identifying media content available from a service provider; accessing a table including a plurality of entries storing metadata associated with a plurality of media content, wherein the table includes a key word field storing key words or terms that are frequently used in descriptions of media content and wherein at least some of the plurality of entries include key words or terms stored in the key word field; identifying a first entry in the table based on a word or term in the search query matching metadata stored in the first entry; determining whether at least one word in the search query matches a word in the key word field of the first entry; providing a search result identifying a first media content corresponding to the first entry, in response to determining that at least one word in the search query matches a word in the key word field of the first entry; providing a search result that does not identify the first media content, in response to determining that no word in the search query matches a word in the key word field of the first entry; identifying the key words or terms in a description portion of the metadata for multiple entries in the table having a first genre; and storing the identified key words or terms in the key word field for the multiple entries having the first genre.