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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2024
Gracenote Media Services, Llc, New York, NY (US);
Edwin Seng Eng Ong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aleksandra R. Vikati, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gracenote Media Services, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for facilitating video search are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more processors to execute instructions to process first metadata associated with video to identify the video as corresponding to an episode of a television show, the video made available by a first device. The example one or more processors are to update a database to include first information concerning the episode of the television show based on the first metadata and access second metadata associated with the video, the second metadata collected from a second device. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to process the second metadata to determine second information about the episode of the television show and augment the database with the second information about the episode of the television show.