Server and method for controlling server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12301909-B2
Application number	US-202318322300-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2023
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

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 controller configured to:
receive a content signal through the receiver,
while a content corresponding to the content signal is displayed on a display, receive a user voice input, through a voice receiver,
based on the user voice input being a request related to the displayed content, receive a search result which is based on the user voice input and information about a channel in which the displayed content is provided, from a server, through the communicator, wherein the user voice input and the information about the channel are transmitted to the server,
display a user interface (UI) screen including the search result on the display by processing the search result, and
based on the user voice input being related to a control function of the electronic device that is irrelevant to the displayed content, perform the control function corresponding to the user voice input.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the search result includes information about at least one content provided in the channel.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the UI screen includes a list of contents received from the server based on the user voice input and the information about the channel.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the list of contents is generated based on information, corresponding to the displayed content, received from the server.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the list of contents includes at least one of a title of the at least one content and a thumbnail of the at least one content.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the user voice input related to the control function includes at least one of a user voice input for changing the channel of the electronic device and a user voice input for controlling a volume of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
based on the user voice input being a request related to a search of a content different from the displayed content, receive a search result which is based on the user voice input, from the server, through the communicator, and display a UI screen including the search result of the different content on the display by processing the search result of the different content.

8. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a content signal;
while a content corresponding to the content signal is displayed on a display, receiving a user voice input;
based on the user voice input being a request related to the displayed content, receiving a search result which is based on the user voice input and information about a channel in which the displayed content is provided, from a server, wherein the user voice input and the information about the channel are transmitted to the server;
displaying a user interface (UI) screen including the search result on the display by processing the search result; and
based on the user voice input being related to a control function of the electronic device that is irrelevant to the displayed content, performing a function corresponding to the user voice input.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the search result includes information about at least one content provided in the channel.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the UI screen includes a list of contents received from the server based on the user voice input and the information about the channel.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the list of contents is generated based on information, corresponding to the displayed content, received from the server.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the list of contents includes at least one of a title of the at least one content and a thumbnail of the at least one content.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user voice input related to the control function includes at least one of a user voice input for changing the channel of the electronic device and a user voice input for controlling a volume of the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
based on the user voice input being a request related to a search of a content different from the displayed content, receiving a search result which is based on the user voice input, from the server, and displaying a UI screen including the search result of the different content on the display by processing the search result of the different content.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions that make an electronic device perform operations if they are executed by a controller of the electronic device, wherein the operations comprise:
receiving a content signal;
while a content corresponding to the content signal is displayed on a display, receiving a user voice input;
based on the user voice input being a request related to the displayed content, receiving a search result which is based on the user voice input and information about a channel in which the displayed content is provided, from a server, wherein the user voice input and the information about the channel are transmitted to the server;
displaying a user interface (UI) screen including the search result on the display by processing the search result; and
based on the user voice input being related to a control function of the electronic device that is irrelevant to the displayed content, performing a function corresponding to the user voice input.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the search result includes information about at least one content provided in the channel.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the UI screen includes a list of contents received from the server based on the user voice input and the information about the channel.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the list of contents is generated based on information, corresponding to the displayed content, received from the server.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the list of contents includes at least one of a title of the at least one content and a thumbnail of the at least one content.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the user voice input related to the control function includes at least one of a user voice input for changing the channel of the electronic device and a user voice input for controlling a volume of the electronic device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04N21/4828

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• G10L2015/223

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• G10L15/22

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• G06F3/167

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