METHOD FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE TO TELEVISION RECEIVER AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE TO TELEVISION RECEIVER
First Claim
1. 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 andpresenting the content search results to the user.
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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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14 Claims
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1. A method for retrieving content accessible to a television receiver, comprising the steps of:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for retrieving content accessible to a television receiver configured to communicate with at least one search engine, the system comprising
a content service identifiers collection (119) configured to store service queries assigned to content service identifiers, the service queries defining a first set of content search parameters; -
a current user interest query container (121) configured to store a current user interest query defining a second set of content search parameters; a content service manager (120) configured to receive a content service display request for a chosen content service identifier, the content service manager (120) comprising a query combiner (222) configured to generate a combined query by combining the current user interest query with a service query assigned to the requested service identifier, a search engine interface (223) configured to send the combined search query to the search engine (262) and receive content search results from the search engine (262) and a content presenter (224) configured to present the content search results to the user.
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