US 12,413,823 B2
System and method for locating content related to a media asset
Milan Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Sandip Shah, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,056.
Application 16/377,562 is a division of application No. 15/071,854, filed on Mar. 16, 2016, abandoned.
Application 17/344,056 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,225, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,064,260.
Application 16/788,225 is a continuation of application No. 16/377,562, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,958,980, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306710 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4821 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2425 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first content item identifier of a first content item;
based at least in part on receiving the first content item identifier, automatically performing steps comprising:
retrieving, from a database, a first database entry comprising (a) a first name of a first actor listed in metadata of actors that appear in the first content item and (b) a link to a second database entry, wherein the second database entry comprises a second name of a second actor not listed in the metadata of actors that appear in the first content item;
searching a content source for content based at least in part on the second name, wherein the content source is separate from the database, and wherein the searching comprises searching a second database of the content source for a record in the second database that comprises:
(a) a second content item identifier of a second content item,
(b) the second name of the second actor not listed in the metadata of actors that appear in the first content item, and
(c) the first content item identifier of the first content item in which the second actor is not listed in the metadata of actors that appear; and
based at least in part on the searching, causing to be presented the second content item identifier.