Search assistant for digital media assets

摘要

Techniques and systems for facilitating searching of digital media assets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can be assisted in entering search strings for searching a media repository (e.g., online media store) having a plurality of digital media assets that are available, e.g., available for purchase. When the user enters a search character, a list of possible complete search strings corresponding to digital media assets available in the media repository can be obtained over a network and presented to the user. The list of possible search strings can be filtered based on whether a client device supports a media type associated with a word or based on a location of the client device.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer system that hosts an online media store, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
receiving, over a network, at least one search character entered at a client application on a client device; determining a set of words that match the at least one search character, each word in the determined set of words being associated with one or more digital media assets available at the online media store; based on capabilities of the client device, filtering out a particular set of words from the determined set of words that match the at least one search character; obtaining sales popularity data for the digital media assets, wherein the sales popularity data for a respective digital media asset is based on purchase data for the respective digital media asset; ordering words in the determined set of words based on the sales popularity data of corresponding digital media assets; and sending at least a subset of the ordered words to the client device for presentation in the client application.