Patent ID: 8769573
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a video client device, a portion of a key word in a search field of a user interface for performing searches for television content; automatically performing, by the video client device, a first search, based on the portion of the key word, to identify a first group of television content relating to the portion of the key word; retrieving, by the video client device, content context information associated with the first group of television content; ranking, by the video client device and based on the content context information, the first group of television content relating to the portion of the key word; retrieving, by the video client device and from a memory associated with the video client device, a group of key words matching the portion of the key word without receiving a request to perform a key word search based on the portion of the key word; retrieving, by the video client device, key word context information associated with a plurality of key words in the group of key words, where the key word context information, for a particular key word of the plurality of key words, indicates a measure of popularity of the particular key word, and geographic location information associated with the particular key word, and time information associated with the particular key word, and user preference information associated with the particular key word; ranking, by the video client device, the plurality of key words based on the key word context information; automatically presenting, by the video client device and simultaneously with a display of the ranked first group of television content, one or more of the plurality of key words for display based on the ranking of the plurality of key words; receiving, by the video client device, selection of a key word from the one or more of the plurality of key words; and performing, by the video client device, a second search for television content based on the selected key word to identify a second group of television content.