Patent ID: 8583418

Claim:
A method for determining a native language of a text string associated with metadata of a media asset, the method comprising: at an electronic device comprising a processor and memory storing instructions for execution by the processor: undergoing one or more N-gram analyses at a word level to determine a plurality of probabilities of occurrence of the text string, where each of the probabilities of occurrence correspond to a probability of occurrence of the text string in a particular language of a plurality of languages, wherein, for each language, the one or more N-gram analyses are based on a first set of probabilities of occurrence of words if the text string corresponds to a first type of metadata field associated with the media asset, and are based on a second set of probabilities of occurrence of words if the text string corresponds to a second type of metadata field associated with the media asset; and determining that the native language of the text string is a language that is associated with the highest probability of occurrence out of the plurality of probabilities of occurrence.