Method and apparatus for integrated cross platform multimedia broadband search and selection user interface communication
AssigneeGefemer Research Acquisitions, LLC
InventorsGene S. Fein, Edward Merritt
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for an integrated cross platform multimedia broadband search and selection user interface. The user interface searches for media across different platforms including the user's stored media and all other media available both online and offline. The interface uses a series of icons to display search results. The method includes (i) receiving a query having at least one search term from a user, (ii) performing a search in a network of databases being executed by the user utilizing the at least one search term, (iii) assigning each search result among the search results to at least one icon, and (iv) displaying the at least one icon with the respective search result.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- receiving a query having at least one search term;
- obtaining at least one search result by utilizing the at least one search term to perform a cross-platform search of at least one database;
- making a first determination that an obtained search result has been selected, resulting in a selected search result;
- in response to making the first determination, making a second determination that the selected search result and content associated with the selected search result requires payment;
- and
- in response to making the second determination, presenting a single billing interface configured to allow a user to interact with the single billing interface without directly interacting with a billing interface of a website associated with the selected search result.
A system comprising:
- means for receiving a query comprising at least one search term;
- means for obtaining at least one search result by utilizing the at least one search term to search a plurality of databases, wherein the at least one search term is multimedia content selected from the group consisting of a video file, an audio file, and an image file;
- means for making a first determination that an obtained search result has been selected;
- means for making a second determination that the selected search result requires payment;
- and
- means for presenting a single billing interface configured to allow a user to interact with the single billing interface without directly interacting with a billing interface of a website associated with the selected search result.
A system comprising:
- an input processor configured to receive a query comprising at least one search term;
- at least one database;
- one or more processors configured to:
- obtain at least one search result by utilizing the at least one search term to perform a cross-platform search of the at least one database;
- make a first determination that an obtained search result has been selected;
- in response to making the first determination, make a second determination that the selected search result requires payment;
- and
- in response to making the second determination, present a single billing interface configured to allow a user to interact with the single billing interface without directly interacting with a billing interface of a website associated with the selected search result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.