Method and System for using Saved Search Results in Menu Structure Searching for Obtaining Fast Search Results
AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.
InventorPeter LEONG
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Abstract
A system and method for searching using a user device associated with a display includes a controller displaying a plurality of search screens on the display device, each of the plurality of search screens perform a content search. The user device also includes a search module generating respective search results from each of the plurality of search screens and a search retention module storing the respective search results in a memory of the user device and retrieving saved search results from the memory corresponding to the previously accessed search screen when a previously accessed search screen is displayed. The controller displays the saved search results.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- accessing a plurality of search screens displayed on a display device associated with a set user device, each of the plurality of search screens perform a content search of search data;
- generating search results as a result of content searches performed at each of the plurality of search screens;
- storing the search results corresponding to a respective search screen of the plurality of search screens in a memory to form saved search results;
- navigating to a previously accessed search screen of the plurality of search screens;
- receiving new search data to form newly received search data, said new search data providing content on which a search is to be performed;
- after receiving the newly received search data, retrieving the saved search results from the memory, said saved search results corresponding to the previously accessed search screen in response to navigating to the previously accessed search screen;
- searching the newly received search data without searching previously searched data to obtain new search results;
- updating the saved search results with the new search results obtained from searching the newly received search data to form updated search results;
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- displaying the updated search results on the display device.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a display device displaying a plurality of search screens on a display device, each of the plurality of search screens performs a content search of search data;
- a search module generating search results as a result of content searches performed at each of the plurality of search screens;
- a search retention module storing the search results corresponding to a respective search screen of the plurality of search screens in a memory to form saved search results, receiving new search data to form newly received search data, said newly received search data providing content on which a search is to be performed, after receiving the new search data, retrieving the saved search results from the memory, said saved search results corresponding to a previously accessed search screen and searching the newly received data without searching previously searched data to obtain new search results in response to accessing the previously accessed search screen, updating the saved search results obtained from searching the newly received search data with the new search results to form updated search results;
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- said controller displaying the updated search results on the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.