US 12,405,993 B2
Media consumption history
Matthew Sharifi, Kilchberg (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,590.
Application 18/390,590 is a continuation of application No. 16/264,125, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,853,346.
Application 16/264,125 is a continuation of application No. 14/142,171, filed on Dec. 27, 2013, granted, now 10,198,442, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/866,234, filed on Aug. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0119086 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/432 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/487 (2019.01) [G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/433 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/437 (2019.01); G06F 16/489 (2019.01); G06F 16/685 (2019.01); G06F 16/7834 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving a search query from a user, wherein the search query references a particular entity;
in response to receiving the search query:
(i) identifying, from a plurality of media items that are each identified as having been previously consumed by the user, a particular media item that features the particular entity, comprising:
identifying a subset of the plurality of media items, based on each media item in the subset featuring the particular entity, wherein the media items in the subset are not directly referenced in the search query;
for each media item in the subset, identifying a relevance score for the media item, based on an extent to which the particular entity is featured in the media item; and
identifying the particular media item based on the relevance scores for the media items in the subset; and
(ii) obtaining a set of web search results responsive to the search query, the set of web search results being separate from the particular media item that features the particular entity; and
providing, for display on a screen of a computing device, an interface that includes information about the particular media item that was identified in response to the search query and information about the set of web search results that were identified in response to the search query,
wherein the information about the particular media item includes an indication that the particular media item features the particular entity that was referenced in the search query.