IP Library Granted Patent US 9,066,150
Granted Patent B2
US 9,066,150 · App. 14/314,764 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

User interface for entertainment systems

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Patent No.
US 9,066,150
App. No.
14/314,764
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing a search interface for an electronic device including a tuner configured to tune the electronic device to receive scheduled programming content. A search query is received and one or more data sources including information about media content are searched based, at least in part, on the search query. The results of the search are presented on a user interface using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis.

Claims (33)

1. A method of presenting search results on an electronic device configured to receive scheduled programming content, the method comprising:

receiving a search query as voice input;

searching, with at least one processor, at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query;

determining a relevance to the search query of a plurality of search results returned from the at least one data source; and

presenting at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis, wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the determined relevance to the search query, wherein the time-based axis comprises a foreground portion of a user interface and a background portion of the user interface, and wherein presenting the at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis comprises presenting one or more search results associated with currently available media content in the foreground portion of the user interface along the time-based axis and presenting one or more search results associated with media content not currently available in a background portion of the user interface along the time-based axis.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the type of media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the source of media content associated with the at least some of the search results.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein searching at least one data source comprises searching at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of search results includes scheduled programming content identified in the at least one scheduled programming content data source and bundled service content identified in the at least one bundled service content data source.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of search results includes bundled service content that, when selected, displays multiple results from at least one bundled service content data source associated with the selected bundled service content.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of search results presented along the time-based axis includes only scheduled programming content.

9. An electronic device configured to receive scheduled programming content, the electronic device comprising:

at least one processor programmed to:

receive a search query as voice input;

search at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query;

determine a relevance to the search query of a plurality of search results returned from the at least one data source; and

present at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis, wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the determined relevance to the search query, wherein the time-based axis comprises a foreground portion of a user interface and a background portion of the user interface, and wherein presenting the at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis comprises presenting one or more search results associated with currently available media content in the foreground portion of the user interface along the time-based axis and presenting one or more search results associated with media content not currently available in a background portion of the user interface along the time-based axis.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the type of media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the source of media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein searching at least one data source comprises searching at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of search results includes bundled service content that, when selected, displays multiple results from at least one bundled service content data source associated with the selected bundled service content.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method, comprising:

receiving a search query as voice input;

searching at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query;

determining a relevance to the search query of a plurality of search results returned from the at least one data source; and

presenting at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis, wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the determined relevance to the search query, wherein the time-based axis comprises a foreground portion of a user interface and a background portion of the user interface, and wherein presenting the at least some of the plurality of search results using a time-based axis comprises presenting one or more search results associated with currently available media content in the foreground portion of the user interface along the time-based axis and presenting one or more search results associated with media content not currently available in a background portion of the user interface along the time-based axis.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the type of media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the time-independent axis orders the at least some of the plurality of search results based, at least in part, on the source of media content associated with the at least some of the plurality of search results.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein searching at least one data source comprises searching at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of search results presented along the time-based axis includes only scheduled programming content.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2014
From: YOUNG, HOI L.; HATCH, STEVEN A.; CHEONG, YUEN-KEEN
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033325/0892 →