Patent ID: 8577856

Claim:
A computerized method for managing a personalization process in which users create metadata enabling a search of content using a computerized processor and for performing the search, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of internet video content items in a network; communicating said plurality of internet video content items to a plurality of client devices of a plurality of users; creating for each one of said plurality of users a personal entertainment guide for at least one internet video content item from said plurality of internet video content items; receiving from each one of said plurality of users a user input for enhancing said personal entertainment guide, user input comprises said comprising descriptive user generated metadata to add to a respective said personal entertainment guide for describing respective said at least one internet video content; receiving from each one of said plurality of client devices respective said descriptive user generated metadata; processing the descriptive user generated metadata from each client device, of said plurality of client devices using a computerized processor, to produce an index for said plurality of internet video content items; receiving a query from an additional user; and identifying relevant video content item from said plurality of internet video content items by searching said index for a response to said query; wherein said index is a result of collecting said descriptive user generated metadata from each one of said plurality of users.