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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Kevin Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Daney, San Jose, CA (US);
Johannes P. Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steven S. Francis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kevin Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Daney, San Jose, CA (US);
Johannes P. Schmidt, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steven S. Francis, Saratoga, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and systems for searching for media instances of interest to a user are described. User input specifying criteria for content is received and parameters are defined based on the user input. A plurality of databases are searched for media instances meeting the defined parameters, wherein the plurality of databases includes at least one database containing broadcast television content information and at least one database containing non-broadcast television content information. Information about the media instances meeting the defined parameters is retrieved from the plurality of databases. The retrieved information is provided to the user.