Ranking search results

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9215420-B2
Application number	US-201113115641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2011
Priority date	Jun 1, 2010
Publication date	Dec 15, 2015
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015

Abstract

Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses for ranking search results are presented. According to one or more aspects, two or more search results may be ranked based on the extent to which each search result matches at least one search criterion and based on the amount of time that content corresponding to each search result will remain available. Content with less availability time remaining may be ranked higher than content with more availability time remaining. The ranking may also be based on a genre of the content being ranked, and availability may be weighted differently in ranking content of different genres.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
storing, by a computing system, listing information;
receiving a search request;
responsive to the search request, using the listing information to generate search results indicating first content and second content;
determining a first percentage of a first total time of the first content that has elapsed;
determining a second percentage of a second total time of the second content that has elapsed;
ranking the search results…

Assignees

• Suslov Sergei
• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Suslov Sergei

Classifications

• H04N7/173 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4826

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4755

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/2187

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/3053

  Physics · mapped topic