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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Haosheng Guo, Nashua, MA (US);
Martin Busse, Woburn, MA (US);
Wenjie Liu, Wayland, MA (US);
Juhong Liu, Sudbury, MA (US);
Jimena Velarde, Arlington, MA (US);
Haiyan Zhou, Winchester, MA (US);
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Haosheng Guo, Nashua, MA (US);
Martin Busse, Woburn, MA (US);
Wenjie Liu, Wayland, MA (US);
Juhong Liu, Sudbury, MA (US);
Jimena Velarde, Arlington, MA (US);
Haiyan Zhou, Winchester, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system is configured to receive a portion of a word; retrieve a group of words matching the portion of the word; retrieve information associated with a set of words in the group, where the information, for a particular one of the words, indicates a measure of popularity of the particular word, geographic location information associated with the particular word, time information associated with the particular word, or user preference information associated with the particular word; rank the set of words based on the information; present a list of words from the set of words for display based on the ranking; receive selection of a word from the list of words; perform a search for television content based on the selected word to identify a group of television content; receive selection of television content from the group of television content; and present the selected television content for display.