WO2006052959A2 - Method and system for performing searches for television content and channels using a non-intrusive television interface and with reduced text input - Google Patents
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- FIGURE 8 is a flow chart illustrating the process of a user selecting context specific actions performed on a selected content link in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
- Television content items can include a wide variety of video/audio content including, but not limited to, television shows, movies, music videos, or any other identifiable content that can be selected by a television viewer.
- Searching for television content items can be performed across disparate content sources including, but not limited to, broadcast television, VOD, IPTV, and PVR (local and network).
- the television viewer is provided with a non-intrusive interface on a television display.
- the non-intrusive interface preferably only occupies a small space on the display.
- the non-intrusive interface is preferably overlaid on the content item being currently viewed, thereby enabling user to watch an existing program on television while initiating a search for another.
- the viewer can, using the non- intrusive interface, input a reduced text search entry directed at identifying a desired television content item or a television channel.
- the reduced text search entry comprises one or more characters of a descriptor relating to the desired television content item or television channel.
- the search system dynamically identifies a group of one or more television content items or television channels matching the search entry as the television viewer enters each character of the reduced text search entry.
- the search results are displayed to the viewer on the non-intrusive interface.
- the results are preferably ordered based on given criteria such as temporal relevance, popularity and personal preferences.
- the user can navigate through the search results, and after the user has found and selected a desired content item or channel, the system can automatically retrieve and render the selected content or tune to the selected channel.
- the interface can identify and offer related alternatives to the desired content that are available for viewing. Additionally, when instant viewing is not possible, the interface can offer content specific alternatives for deferred viewing.
- the interface can also offer visual cues to inform the viewer of the availability of content for instant and deferred viewing.
- Each television system includes a search system that allows users to find desired television content or channels.
- the search system includes a text input interface, which is preferably a remote control device 108 having keypad 110 or •keyboard through which the user can enter text.
- the text input interface can also be a keypad on the television unit or a set-top box or other device connected to the television.
- the text input interface will typically include a keypad having a limited set of keys that are overloaded with multiple characters and numbers. By way of example, one button could be associated with the number “2" and the letters "A", "B", and "C”.
- Text entry optimizing technology could be provided using a variety of known of technologies including, but not limited to, vocabulary, predictive, and statistical schemes such as T9, eZiText, iTap and LetterWise. Such text entry optimizing technology allows users to more quickly and easily input desired text on keypads with overloaded keys.
- FIGURE 2 illustrates exemplary device configurations for performing searching in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
- the television system 106 has display 202, a processor 204, volatile memory 206, text input interface 108, remote connectivity 208 to the server farm 102 through the network 104, and a persistent storage 210.
- the television system 106 may not have remote connectivity 208.
- the search database may be locally resident on a local persistent storage 210.
- the persistent storage 210 may be a removable storage element such as SD, SmartMedia, CompactFlash card etc.
- FIGURE 3 illustrates a non-intrusive search interface in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
- a television system 106 includes a display screen 202 having a program or some content 302 currently playing on the screen.
- the user can initiate or launch a non-intrusive search interface 304 on the display screen 202.
- a remote control device 108 used to operate the television includes a shortcut key 306 to initiate the non-intrusive interface 304.
- the non-intrusive interface 304 is overlaid on top of the television content 302 playing on the screen. It occupies only some (preferably only a small area) of the area of the screen, so that a viewer can still see the program playing on the screen.
- the interface is considered "non-intrusive" in that the viewer can continue to at least partially view content currently playing on the television display while conducting a search for other content or channels.
- the interface 304 is preferably at least partially translucent or semi-transparent, allowing the television content playing on the screen over which the interface is overlaid to be at least partially visible through the interface.
- Translucent or semi-transparent images can be achieved by alpha-blending or similar techniques.
- FIGURE 5 is a screenshot of a television display 504 having the non-intrusive translucent interface 502 overlaid on a program playing on the television.
- the non-intrusive interface 304 shown in FIGURE 3 includes a text entry field 308, in which users can enter text for a search using the text entry buttons 310 of the remote control device 108.
- the non-intrusive interface 304 also includes a results window 312, in which the results of a search are displayed.
- the results of the search include the TV channels, "CNN” and "CNBC" which are displayed in the results window 312. Only a given number of the results (in the FIGURE 3 example, two) are displayed at a time. The user can scroll down using the vertical navigation interface 314 using the vertical navigation buttons 316 on the remote control 108 to see additional results that were not initially displayed in the results window.
- the results of the search are preferably ordered in the results window 312 to reflect what is expected to be of greater interest to the viewer.
- Different criteria can be used to determine the ordering.
- the ordering of results is one of or a combination of two or more of: temporal relevance, popularity and personal preferences that may have been determined implicitly or explicitly.
- Temporal relevance can be used to favor programs whose timing may be more of interest to the viewer. For example, if the user entered NBA, then the system would list the games in order of temporal relevance such as those in progress or are scheduled to begin in the near future are listed at the higher on the list.
- the popularity criterion can be used to favor programs or channels that are more popular than others.
- further information related to a selected program or channel can be displayed on the non- intrusive interface 304 if desired. For example, if the TV tab is selected, then navigating horizontally after selecting one of one of the channels in the results window, could display the immediately following program. If the user had searched for a cast member (e.g., Tom Cruise), horizontal navigation could be used by the viewer to, e.g., navigate through all available programs that contain that cast member.
- a cast member e.g., Tom Cruise
- the user can then be given the choice to either directly initiate a recording of the program by clicking a "record” button 404 (commonly available on remote control devices) after scrolling to that result or by selecting the record action from an "actions menu” 406 obtained by selecting the result as shown in FIGURE 4.
- the "actions menu” 406 can also provide an option to the user to set a reminder to notify the user when the show will be on. Additionally, the user could horizontally navigate to see if there is an equivalent or similar category program available now from any of the content sources.
- FIGURE 6 illustrates a process of searching for television content in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
- a user initially enters a search string character at 602, which is a reduced text input representation of the content or channel desired by the user.
- the reduced text input could be, e.g., a variable size prefix or an acronym or other abbreviation of the intended query (e.g., C to represent CNN, or BP, B P, BR P, B PI to represent Brad Pitt etc.).
- Results are preferably dynamically retrieved for the cumulative substring of characters entered up to that point and displayed in the display window of the user interface at 604.
- the ordering of results in the display window is preferably based on a relevance function that can, e.g., be a domain specific combination of temporal relevance and popularity. If the result desired by the user is displayed in the results window at 606, the user can scroll to the desired result within the displayed window and select the desired result at 608. If the desired result is the first entry in the display window, it preferably is selected by default, thus obviating the need to scroll through the display window.
- a relevance function can, e.g., be a domain specific combination of temporal relevance and popularity.
- the user can at step 610 decide whether to filter the results using the content source tabs 322 to narrow the results and/or whether to scroll through pages of results not initially displayed in the display window. If so, the user can perform filtering and/or scrolling at step 612. Then, the user can return to step 606 to determine whether the desired result is in the display window.
- the dynamic updating of results for each character entered enables the user to quickly get to the results, in contrast to discovering there are no results match after typing the entire text.
- it can be selected at 614 to initiate the action that is appropriate to the selection. For example, one action may be to change the channel to the selected channel, and another action might be to record the program for later viewing.
- FIGURE 7 illustrates possible state transitions to arrive at a result by reduced text entry.
- the generally minimal path for arriving at a desired result occurs when a user enters one or a few characters identifying the desired program or channel at 702, and gets the result in the visible display window, with the desired result already highlighted. The user would only have to select the result at 704 to tune to the desired content 706.
- This path is similar to the original simple interface of channel selection (in which a user entered a channel number to switch to that channel) with the addition of a select action.
- a user can choose content from a much larger space comparable to the simplicity and ease of use of the original interface.
- the user can scroll through the results at 708 or alternatively apply a filter at 710 to cull the results space.
- the interface displays the number of results for a given search entry. This can give the user a visual cue to use the filter when the results space is large.
- a filter may be chosen by default as a consequence of personalization.
- Methods of identifying content from a user input in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are preferably implemented in software, and accordingly one of the preferred implementations is as a set of instructions (program code) in a code module resident in the random access memory of a computer.
- the set of instructions may be stored in another computer memory, e.g., in a hard disk drive, or in a removable memory such as an optical disk (for eventual use in a CD ROM) or floppy disk (for eventual use in a floppy disk drive), or downloaded via the Internet or some other computer network.
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