Google patents system that pairs podcasts with related videos
This filing describes a method where a search for one type of media, like a podcast, automatically finds a related item in another format, such as a video. The system ranks these paired items based on how popular each one is and how well their characteristics match.
In the filing’s own words
A user input comprising a search term corresponding to a first media type is received. A first media item of the first media type is identified based on the search term. The first media item is associated with a first media item characteristic. A second media item of a second media type is identified. The second media item is associated with a second media item characteristic related to the first media item characteristic. A ranking of at least one of the second media item or the first media item reflects a correspondence between the second media item and the first media item based on a popularity indicator associated with the second media item and a popularity indicator associated with the first media item. The first media item and the second media item are provided to the user device based on the ranking.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a user device, a user input comprising a search term corresponding to a first media type; identifying, based on the search term, a first media item of the first media type, wherein the first media item is associated with a first media item characteristic; identifying a second media item of a second media type, wherein the second media item is associated with a second media item characteristic related to the first media item characteristic, and wherein a ranking of at least one of the second media item or the first media item reflects a correspondence between the second media item and the first media item based on a popularity indicator associated with the second media item and a popularity indicator associated with the first media item; and providing, to the user device, based on the ranking, the first media item of the first media type and the second media item of the second media type.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Matching video content to podcast episodes
- Patent number
- US12739452B2
- Application number
- 19225889
- Filed
- Jun 2, 2025
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/958 Physics & computingG06F 16/9574 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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