System and method for searching multimedia
AssigneeRoku, Inc.
InventorsJim Funk, Brandon Noffsinger
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Abstract
A system and method for intelligent content searching is disclosed herein. The system saves all searches executed by the user and periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches and display the subsequent search results to the user at an appropriate time without any user intervention. In one aspect, the system periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches upon the occurrence of a trigger event, which may be trending events, news events, type of menus and/or screens accessed, new content being added on one or more service providers, a boot event, passage of time since last search, etc. In this way, users do not need to set alert or follow any search topic.
Claims17
A method for displaying search results comprising:
- receiving a plurality of search results, from a remote server, for a plurality of previously saved searches, wherein each of the previously saved searches was performed at different time;
- and
- displaying a portion of each of the received search results, wherein the search results for each of the plurality of previously saved searches are displayed together as a group.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium having one or more instructions operational on a client device, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
- automatically receive one or more search results, from a remote server, for one or more previously saved searches, wherein each of the previously saved searches was performed at different time;
- and
- display a portion of each of the received search results, wherein the search results for each of the one or more previously saved searches are displayed together as a group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.