US 2009/0024592 A1 · METHOD FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE TO TELEVISION RECEIVER AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE TO TELEVISION RECEIVER

Abstract

In a system for retrieving content accessible to a television receiver (101) communicating with at least one search engine enable to retrieve the content accessible to a television receiver (101), a content service manager (120) configured to receive a content service display request for a chosen content service identifier comprises a query combiner configured to generate a combined query by combining a current user interest query with a service query assigned to the requested service identifier, a search engine interface configured to send the combined search query to the search engine and receive content search results from the search engine as well as a content presenter configured to present the content search results to the user.

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Dependent claims

A method for retrieving content accessible to a television receiver, comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of content services having assigned a service query defining a first set of content search parameters, each content service being associated with a search engine;
defining a current user interest query defining a second set of content search parameters;
upon receiving a content service display request,
creating a combined query by combining the current user interest query with a service query assigned to the requested content service,
sending the combined query to a search engine,
receiving content search results from the search engine and
presenting the content search results to the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for retrieving content accessible to television receiver and system for retrieving content accessible to television receiver

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Method for retrieving content accessible to television receiver and system for retrieving content accessible to television receiver

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