Video and digital multimedia aggregator content suggestion engine

摘要

To allow a user to maximize use of a video and digital multimedia aggregator, a search suggestion engine and corresponding method may be used to provide suggestions of available content. The search suggestion engine starts by constructing a database of metadata elements or word items. The metadata element database may be constructed by using a crawler that periodically or continually crawls a content metadata database and extracts word items from the content metadata database. The word items are then processed according to a number of factors, including part-of-speech, entries in dictionaries and thesaurus and other factors. The thus-processed word items are indexed, and may be provided with a vector value. A subsequent search request submitted by the user may include search criteria that may be provided vector values. A processor within the search suggestion engine compares the vector values to determine if an indexed word item should be considered for retrieving the indexed word item's associated content. A list of suggested content is then generated. The list of suggested items may be ranked and filtered before being provided to the user.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
calculating, by at least one processor of a computing device, a plurality of values, each value of the plurality of values corresponding to a degree of similarity between a keyword of one or more keywords input by a user and a related term of plurality of related terms identified by the at least one processor; utilizing, by the at least one processor, the plurality of values to identify a portion of the plurality of related terms, each term of the portion of the plurality of related terms being associated with a value of the plurality of values that is within an adjustable suggestion range comprising a range of values that corresponds to a degree of similarity associated with and indicated by the user; initiating, by the at least one processor, a search of a plurality of metadata elements using search request criteria comprising the one or more keywords and the portion of the plurality of related terms; and generating, by the at least one processor and based on results of the search, a list of digital content accessible to the user, the list comprising a result portion and a suggested portion, the result portion comprising one or more items of the digital content identified based on the one or more keywords, and the suggested portion comprising one or more items of the digital content identified based on the portion of the plurality of related terms.