SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING HIERARCHICAL MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMMING FAVORITES

摘要

A system that determines first data according to data associated with a first number of media content items accessed by equipment of a user. A request is determined from the equipment of the user to receive media content items that are associated with the first data and an index category of an indexed media content items guide. The indexed content items guide is searched to identify those media content items of a second number of media content items that have indexed content items guide data associated with the index category and the first data. Search results including a third number of media content items are determined based on the searching of the indexed content items guide. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a system comprising a processor, indexed first data of a first plurality of media content items of an electronic programming guide indexed according to a plurality of different index types; determining, by the system, data associated with a second plurality of media content items accessed by equipment of a user to generate favorites data; determining, by the system, a search request for media content items associated with the favorites data; identifying, by the system and from the indexed first data, those media content items of the first plurality of media content items having indexed first data associated with the favorites data, resulting in filtered indexed first data associated with the favorites data; and generating, by the system, a favorites list comprising a third plurality of media content items based on the filtered indexed first data associated with the favorites data.