System and method for creating hierarchical multimedia programming favorites

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8973045-B2
Application number	US-86230910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	Aug 24, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A hierarchical indexing system, which includes a plurality of indexing servers and a search agent. The plurality of indexing servers are configured to index electronic programming guide data. The search agent is in communication with the plurality of indexing servers. The search agent is configured to receive a request to display multimedia programs associated with multimedia programs frequently being accessed by a device, to search the indexed electronic programming guide data for multimedia programs associated with the frequently accessed multimedia programs, and to output a favorites list of multimedia programs based on the indexed electronic programming guide data and the frequently accessed multimedia programs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
retrieving first data for an electronic programming guide, wherein the first data corresponds to a first plurality of multimedia programs and is retrieved by a server;
converting the first data to generate converted first data of a common data type;
separately indexing the converted first data of the electronic programming guide according to each index type of a plurality of different index types to generate indexed first data;
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Assignees

• Friedman Lee
• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Friedman Lee

Classifications

• H04N21/23109 Primary

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• H04N21/4828 Primary

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• H04N21/25891

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• H04N21/431 Primary

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• H04N21/258

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