Patent ID: 8078632

Claim:
A computer implemented method for identifying a set of related videos for a first video, the method comprising: creating an ordered list comprising a plurality of words from metadata associated with the first video; forming a search query using a selected set of words from the ordered list; processing the search query to obtain search results comprising a number of related videos; responsive to the number of related videos in the search results not being within a set range, iteratively modifying the search query and processing the modified search query, wherein iteratively modifying the search query comprises: responsive to the number of related videos exceeding the set range, selectively adding at least one word from the ordered list to the search query; and responsive to the number of related videos being less than the set range, removing at least one word from the search query; and responsive to the number of related videos in the search results being within the set range, providing the search results as the set of related videos for the first video.