Patent ID: 8600838

Claim:
A method for improving media search capability, the method comprising: providing a user with access to an interface provided by a service host or other web-enabled entity that allows the user to provide one or more inputs relating to an item of media; performing a media search in response to the one or more inputs; utilizing a network to provide user interfaces, responsive to commands received and/or resources accessed via the network, including a display controlled to present visual representations of search results generated depending upon media ratings, one or more of the media ratings being determined from media ratings inputs depending upon one or more metrics associated with sources or providers of the media ratings inputs; accessing media consumption information associated with a source or provider of a media rating input, the media consumption information including one or more of a number of items of media accessed by the source or provider of the media rating input, an amount of recent media consumption activity by the source or provider of the media rating input, and a number of visits to partner websites of the service host or other web-enabled entity by the source or provider of the media rating input; and adjusting one or more metrics associated with the source or provider of a media rating input depending upon the media consumption information.