Television related searching

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11425468-B2
Application number	US-202117240189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2021
Priority date	May 19, 2010
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming being presented on a display device. The method further includes extracting one or more keywords from the metadata. The method further includes generating multiple search suggestions based on the keywords and first search results based on one or more of the search suggestions. The method further includes presenting the search suggestions and the first search results together on the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for television related searching, the method comprising:
receiving a search request related to a media content item being presented on a media device; and
responsive to the search request, causing a first portion of search suggestions and a second portion of search results to be presented on the display device in an overlay that is positioned over the media content item, wherein the second portion of search results includes (i) a first search result that is associated with a channel content type and includes a first identifier corresponding to a content item for playback that, in response to receiving a selection of the first identifier, causes the content item to be played back and (ii) a second search result that is associated with an application content type and includes a second identifier corresponding to an application for execution on the display device that, in response to receiving a selection of the second identifier and in response to determining that the application has been installed on the media device, causes the overlay to be removed and the application to be launched.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting that a media content item is being presented on a display device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying metadata related to the media content item being presented on the display device.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising extracting keywords from the identified metadata, wherein the search suggestions are generated based on the extracted keywords and based on search results responsive to each of the search suggestions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search results include a third search result that is associated with a web page content type and includes a third identifier corresponding to web content for presentation on the display device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third search result is contemporaneously presented with the first search result and the second search results in the overlay that is positioned over the media content item.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third search result includes the third identifier that, in response to receiving a selection of the third identifier, causes the web page content corresponding to the third search result to be presented within the overlay in place of the first portion of the plurality of search suggestions and the second portion of the plurality of search results that includes the first search result, the second search result, and the third search result.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a user selection of the first identifier corresponding to the first search result of the plurality of search results, wherein the first identifier corresponding to a television program that is scheduled to be broadcast at a future time.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to receiving the user selection of the first identifier corresponding to the first search result, causing content corresponding to the selected first identifier to be recorded at the future time by transmitting a record command to a recording device associated with the display device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein additional search suggestions are generated in the plurality of search suggestions in response to determining that a television programming change has occurred.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the television programming change includes a change from a first channel to a second channel.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the television programming change includes a change from the media content item to a different media content item.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the television programming change includes a change within the media content item.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating search suggestions based on search terms inputted into a search input region, wherein the search results are responsive to at least a portion of the search suggestions.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising performing a search that inputs each of a predetermined number of the search suggestions to a search engine system, wherein the search results are ranked in the overlay based on relevancy.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to receiving a selection of the second identifier, determining whether the application has been installed, causing a prompt to install the application to be presented in response to determining that the application has not been installed, and causing the overlay to be removed and the application to be launched in response to determining that the application has been installed.

17. A system for television related searching, the system comprising:
a hardware processor that:
receives a search request related to a media content item being presented on a media device; and
responsive to the search request, causes a first portion of search suggestions and a second portion of search results to be presented on the display device in an overlay that is positioned over the media content item, wherein the second portion of search results includes (i) a first search result that is associated with a channel content type and includes a first identifier corresponding to a content item for playback that, in response to receiving a selection of the first identifier, causes the content item to be played back and (ii) a second search result that is associated with an application content type and includes a second identifier corresponding to an application for execution on the display device that, in response to receiving a selection of the second identifier and in response to determining that the application has been installed on the media device, causes the overlay to be removed and the application to be launched.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for television related searching, the method comprising:
receiving a search request related to a media content item being presented on a media device; and
responsive to the search request, causing a first portion of search suggestions and a second portion of search results to be presented on the display device in an overlay that is positioned over the media content item, wherein the second portion of search results includes (i) a first search result that is associated with a channel content type and includes a first identifier corresponding to a content item for playback that, in response to receiving a selection of the first identifier, causes the content item to be played back and (ii) a second search result that is associated with an application content type and includes a second identifier corresponding to an application for execution on the display device that, in response to receiving a selection of the second identifier and in response to determining that the application has been installed on the media device, causes the overlay to be removed and the application to be launched.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Dureau Vincent
• Choudhary Salahuddin
• Ling Benjamin
• Pai Shalini
• Miloseski Dennis
• Koh Justin
• Bragg Richard William
• Chandel Alok

Classifications

• G06F16/78

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• H04N21/4826 Primary

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title

• H04N21/4828

  for searching programme descriptors (retrieval of video data G06F16/739) · CPC title

• G06F16/48

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title