Patent ID: 8041716

Claim:
A content search method, comprising: receiving a search request having search data including search terms input by a user making the search request; utilizing the search request to query against databases comprising transcripts of programs yet to be released, the transcripts of the programs yet to be released comprise text of dialogue in movies yet to be released; returning results to the search request in which the results comprise matches to the search terms input by the user; responsive to determining that the search terms input by the user to search the transcripts are an attempt to determine an outcome of the movies yet to be released, excluding the results corresponding to the attempt; providing the programs matching the search request in a program list; preventing text of the transcripts from being displayed in the program list for the programs that are yet to be released; and excluding a particular program from the program list in response to determining that the search data meets a predetermined threshold for exclusion; wherein the predetermined threshold for exclusion comprises an algorithm configured to determine if the search data for searching text of dialogue in the movies yet to be released prematurely reveals an outcome for the particular program.