Methods and Apparatus to Generate Relevance Rankings for Use by a Program Selector of a Media Presentation System

摘要

Example methods and apparatus to generate relevance rankings for use by a program selector of a media presentation system are disclosed. An example method comprises tabulating a plurality of occurrence counts for respective ones of a plurality of terms of a program guide, each of the occurrence counts indicating a corresponding number of times each of the terms appears in the program guide, computing a plurality of relevance ranking scores for respective ones of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide based on the plurality of occurrence counts, selecting a list of programs from the program guide based on the relevance ranking scores, and outputting the list of programs.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
computing, for a program, a relevance ranking score, wherein the relevance ranking score is computed by multiplying an average of occurrence counts for a plurality of terms associated with the program by a number of times the program is listed in a program guide;adjusting the relevance ranking score for the program based on a user profile; and generating, for display on a display device, a sorted list of programs including the program, wherein the sorted list is sorted based on the relevance ranking score for the program.