Facilitating video search
View Patent ↗A method of facilitating video search is disclosed. A video on or linked to by a display page is located. A video search index entry associated with the video is generated, at least in part, using an additional information data, retrieved at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page.
1. A method of facilitating video search comprising:
locating a video on or linked to by a display page;
generating a video search index entry for the video;
parsing the video;
locating a video data associated with the video;
using a processor to process the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video;
classifying the video by matching the video to a unique event based at least in part on the results of parsing;
retrieving at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page an additional information data associated with the unique event;
wherein retrieving at least in part programmatically the additional information data is based at least in part on classifying the video and includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video;
augmenting the video search index entry using the additional information data;
wherein the augmented video search index entry includes a first portion derived from the video data and a second portion derived from the additional information data; and
weighting the first portion differently than the second portion in determining based at least in part on the video search index entry whether the video is responsive to a query.
2. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the video data comprises one or more of a video content data, a metadata, a filename, and a description text associated with the video.
3. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising using the video search index entry to determine, based at least in part on a portion of the video search index entry generated based at least in part on the additional information data, that the video is responsive to a query.
4. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes comprises using the identifying attributes to classify the video by one or more of the following: genre, source, episode, season, date, event date, air date, release date, and participant.
5. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the additional information data is obtained from a first source and using the additional information data to generate the video search index entry comprises using the additional information data to find other information from a second source.
6. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to find the additional information data comprises querying a database.
7. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to find the additional information data comprises querying an episode database or a movie database.
8. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising learning an association between videos from a first source and further information available from a second source.
9. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising learning an association between videos from a first source and further information available from a second source, using human validation and tuning.
10. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein classifying the video includes mapping the video to an entry in a database.
11. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein classifying the video includes mapping the video to an association with an episode or an event.
12. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a web agent retrieves the additional information data.
13. A system of facilitating video search, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
locate a video on or linked to by a display page;
generate a video search index entry for the video;
parse the video;
locate a video data associated with the video;
process the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video;
classify the video by matching the video to a unique event based at least in part on the results of parsing;
retrieve at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page an additional information data associated with the unique event;
wherein retrieving at least in part programmatically the additional information data is based at least in part on classifying the video and includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video;
augment the video search index entry using the additional information data;
wherein the augmented video search index entry includes a first portion derived from the video data and a second portion derived from the additional information data; and
weight the first portion differently than the second portion in determining based at least in part on the video search index entry whether the video is responsive to a query.
14. A system as recited in claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
locate a video data associated with the video; and
process the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video; and wherein to determine the additional information data based at least in part on classifying the video includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video.
15. A system as recited in claim 13 , wherein classifying the video includes mapping the video to an entry in a database.
16. A computer program product for facilitating video search, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
locating a video on or linked to by a display page;
generating a video search index entry for the video;
parsing the video;
locating a video data associated with the video;
processing the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video;
classifying the video by matching the video to a unique event based at least in part on the results of parsing;
retrieving at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page an additional information data associated with the unique event;
wherein retrieving at least in part programmatically the additional information data is based at least in part on classifying the video and includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video;
augmenting the video search index entry using the additional information data;
wherein the augmented video search index entry includes a first portion derived from the video data and a second portion derived from the additional information data; and
weighting the first portion differently than the second portion in determining based at least in part on the video search index entry whether the video is responsive to a query.
17. A computer program product as recited in claim 16 , the computer program product further comprising computer instructions for:
locating a video data associated with the video; and
processing the video data to determine one or more identifying attributes of the video; and wherein determining the additional information data based at least in part on classifying the video includes using at least a subset of the one or more identifying attributes to determine the additional information data associated with the video.
18. A computer program product as recited in claim 16 , wherein classifying the video includes mapping the video to an entry in a database.