Hulu, LLC

Ting-hao Yang

Zhibing Wang

Xin Jin

Eric I Feng

Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei

Yuming Liang

Qian Chang

Yizhe Tang

Andrew Cheng-min Lin

Varun Narang

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Searching media program databases

A method and apparatus for navigating a media program via a searchable transcript of the dialog of the media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, a textural transcript of the dialog is generated, wherein the textural transcript comprising a plurality of portions wherein each portion is associated with a segment of the media program, a command is accepted to display the transcript and in response to that command, user interface data is transmitted to the client computer for presentation in a user interface, wherein the user interface comprising a concurrently presented media program player and the textural transcript.

Navigating a video, a transcript of a dialog, and a histogram

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Shanghai, China

Ting-hao Yang