US 11,853,346 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 Jan. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/264,125.
Application 16/264,125 is a continuation of application No. 14/142,171, filed on Dec. 27, 2013, granted, now 10,198,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/866,234, filed on Aug. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0236094 A1, Aug. 1, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/432 (2019.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (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 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a search query from a user, wherein the search query references a particular entity as a subject of the search query;
in response to receiving the search query:
(i) querying a first database, that stores data representing a plurality of media items that are each identified as having been previously consumed by the user, to identify a particular media item, of the plurality of media items, 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 and having been previously consumed by the user, 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) querying a second database, based on the search query, to obtain a set of web search results, the set of web search results being responsive to the search query and 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 simultaneously 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 and includes, based on identifying that the particular media item was previously consumed by the user, an indication that the particular media item was previously consumed by the user, and the information about the particular media item is provided for display in the interface distinctively from the information about the set of web search results.