Method and system enabling Web content searching from a remote set-top control interface or device
First Claim
1. A system for conducting a data search operation for content stored at nodes on a network, comprising:
- a menu interface for enabling an interaction sequence of content category selection and definition-narrowing of those categories selected;
a server application for interpreting the interaction sequence and for formulating a search query based on the interpretation; and
a session application for submitting the query to a third party node, and for receiving and filtering results returned, the results forwarded to the menu interface for subsequent display and interaction.
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Abstract
A system for conducting a data search operation for content stored at nodes on a network includes a menu interface for enabling an interaction sequence of content category selection and definition-narrowing of those categories selected, a server application for interpreting the interaction sequence and for formulating a search query based on the interpretation, and a session application for submitting the query to a third party node, and for receiving and filtering results returned, the results forwarded to the menu interface for subsequent display and interaction. The network may combine wireless and land-based telephone, Internet, cable and satellite television.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for conducting a data search operation for content stored at nodes on a network, comprising:
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a menu interface for enabling an interaction sequence of content category selection and definition-narrowing of those categories selected;
a server application for interpreting the interaction sequence and for formulating a search query based on the interpretation; and
a session application for submitting the query to a third party node, and for receiving and filtering results returned, the results forwarded to the menu interface for subsequent display and interaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16)
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7. A method for searching a network for content including steps for:
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(a) in an interactive content menu accessible from a terminal, selecting a content category categories offered;
(b) repeating content category selection one or more times from subsequent content menu screens resulting from previous selections;
(d) formulating a search query based on data describing the content selection sequence;
(e) submitting the search query to one or more search engines;
(f) receiving results from the one or more search engines;
(g) optimizing the received results against a set of rules; and
(h) forwarding the optimized results to the television terminal for display and further interaction in a subsequent menu screen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A filtering application for optimizing universal resource locators returned from a search engine comprising:
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a first portion for eliminating duplicate universal resource locators that point to a same content resource;
a second portion for eliminating universal resource locators that are not relevant to a certain degree to search subject matter; and
a third portion for appending network path information to the universal resource locators to enable invocation of the links for initiating streaming of or download and display of the associated content. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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