Server and method for controlling server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11700409-B2
Application number	US-202117199113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2021
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

A display apparatus and a server which implements an interactive system are disclosed. The server includes a communicator which receives text information corresponding to a user voice collected at the display apparatus from the display apparatus, and a controller which extracts an utterance component from the text information and controls so that a query to search contents is generated using the extracted utterance component and transmitted to an external server which categorizes metadata of the content under each item and stores the same, in which the controller generates the query by adding a preset item to a criteria to search a content, when a number of criteria to categorize the content under an item corresponding to the extracted utterance component is less than a preset number.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a receiver;
a communicator; and
a processor configured to:
receive a signal corresponding to a first content via the receiver,
while the first content is displayed on a display, receive a user voice input via a voice receiver,
if the user voice input is a first user voice input which corresponds to a request associated with the displayed first content, receive data corresponding to a first search result which is based on the first user voice input and information regarding the displayed first content, from a server, via the communicator, and process the received data to display the first search result together with the first content,
if the user voice input is a second user voice input which does not correspond to the request associated with the displayed first content, but corresponds to a search for a second content, receive data corresponding to a second search result which is based on the second voice input from the server, via the communicator, and process the received data to display the second search result together with the first content, and
if the user voice input is a third user voice input which corresponds to a control of a function of the electronic device, control the function based on the third user voice input.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal corresponding to the first content is received using a first communication method and wherein the received data is received using a second communication method different from the first communication method.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display the first search result displayed over the displayed first content.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the request associated with the displayed first content includes a request for the information regarding the displayed first content.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the displayed first content includes information regarding a channel in which the displayed first content is provided.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the displayed first content includes information regarding a title of the displayed first content.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the information regarding the displayed first content, and transmit the information to the server via the communicator.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control of the function includes at least one of a changing a channel of the electronic device or a changing a volume of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the function based on the third user voice input without displaying a content search result which is based on the third user voice input.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first search result is different according to the displayed first content.

11. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a signal corresponding to a first content;
while the first content is displayed on a display, receiving a user voice input;
if the user voice input is a first user voice input which corresponds to a request associated with the displayed first content, receiving data corresponding to a first search result which is based on the first user voice input and information regarding the displayed first content, from a server, and processing the received data to display the first search result together with the first content;
if the user voice input is a second user voice input which does not correspond to the request associated with the displayed first content, but corresponds to a search for a second content, receiving data corresponding to a second search result which is based on the second voice input from the server, and processing the received data to display a screen including the second search result; and
if the user voice input is a third user voice input which corresponds to a control of a function of the electronic device, controlling the function based on the third user voice input.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the signal corresponding to the first content is received using a first communication method and wherein the received data is received using a second communication method different from the first communication method.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying an image that overlaps the received data with the displayed first content on the display.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the request associated with the displayed first content includes a request for the information regarding the displayed first content.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the information regarding the displayed first content includes information regarding a channel in which the displayed first content is provided.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the information regarding the displayed first content includes information regarding a title of the displayed first content.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
obtaining the information regarding the displayed first content; and
transmitting the information to the server.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the controlling the function includes at least one of a function for changing a channel of the electronic device or a function for changing a volume of the electronic device.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
controlling the function based on the third user voice input without displaying a content search result which is based on the third user voice input.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first search result varies according to the displayed first content.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Yong-Wook
• Shin Seung-Min
• Choi Sung-Wook
• Lee Hye-Jeong
• Chung Ji-Hye

Classifications

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• H04N21/4415

  using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} · CPC title

• H04N21/278 Primary

  Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access {(details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739)} · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/26 Primary

  Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) · CPC title