METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE DURING PROGRAM BROADCASTING

• US 20100162164A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: KWON, Seok Cheon, Bae, Eun Ju, Ko, Cham
• Application Number:
  US12/642,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system for providing a search service to a bidirectional broadcasting terminal during program broadcasting. The invention includes providing a search area for a search service on a screen of the broadcasting terminal in response to key input, providing a first search window to display a representative keyword automatically being as an input with a search word based on an identification of the program, providing a second search window adjacent to the first search window to display a program-related search word automatically being as an input with a completion form of a search word, and providing a third search window adjacent to at least one of the first or second search windows and to display a real-time hot-topic search word automatically being as an input. The second and third search windows to provide an extended pop-up window including a modified word of the search word displayed on the respective search window in response to a selection by a user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a search request from a user terminal during a broadcast program;

determining whether the search request matches with criteria of a search engine for providing a first search window to the search area, wherein the first search window is to display a representative keyword that is automatically provided as an input for searching, wherein the criteria for the matching is based on an identification of the broadcast program;

determining whether the search request matches with the criteria for providing a second search window formed adjacent to the first search window, wherein the second search window is to display a search word that is related to the broadcast program and the search word is a completed search word automatically being provided as an input;

determining whether the search request matches with the criteria for providing a third search window formed adjacent to at least one of the first search window and the second search window, wherein the third search window is to display a real-time hot-topic search word automatically being provided as an input; and

is providing a search window based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a selected search word to the search engine to determine whether the search word is automatically provided as an input to any one of the first search window, the second search window or a the third search window; and

receiving a search result from the search engine to display the search result to the search area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search word, automatically being provided as an input to the second search window or the third search window, is changed in a rolling rule.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search area is adjustable to a transparent mode and a position of the search area of the screen of the terminal is adjustable to facilitate search.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second search window and the third search window provide an extended pop-up window comprising a modified word of the search word displayed on the respective search window when the corresponding search window is selected.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the extended pop-up window comprises a modified word of a search word being displayed as a final search word on the corresponding search window.

7. A method for providing a search service, the method comprising:

receiving a search service request from a bidirectional broadcasting terminal in response to an input key of a user input unit;

determining the search service request based on a rule of a search engine comprising a search providing module according to the determination of the input key action based on the rule;

populating a first search window, the first search window displaying a representative keyword automatically being selected as the input key based on an identification of a broadcast content;

populating a second search window, the second search window to display a search word relating to the broadcast content and the search word automatically being selected as the input key with a completion of the search word; and

populating a third search window, the third search window to display a real-time hot-topic search word automatically being selected as the input key, wherein the populating the respective search window is based on the determination according the rule of the search engine.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second search window and the third search window to provide an extended pop-up window comprising a modified word of the search word displayed on the respective search window in response to a selection of the corresponding search window.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the third search window is formed being adjacent to at least one of the first search window or the second search window and the first search window and the second search window are arranged by way of configuration of the search window for facilitating search activity.

10. A system, comprising:

a search log database to store search log data collected by a search engine;

a recommendable search word extraction module to generate a program related keyword and a modified word of the program related keyword based on the search log data;

a real-time search word extraction module to generate a real-time hot-topic search word and a modified word of the real-time hot-topic search word based on the search log data; and

a search area-providing module to provide a search area comprising a plurality of search windows in response to a search service request from a bidirectional broadcasting terminal, the plurality of search windows to display the program-related keyword and the real-time hot-topic search word automatically being displayed as an input.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of search windows are configured to provide an extended pop-up window comprising the modified word of the program related keyword or a modified word of the real-time hot-topic search word automatically displayed as an input in response to a selection of the corresponding search window.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of search windows comprises a first search window to display a representative keyword of the program automatically displayed as an input, a second search window being adjacent to the first search window and the second search window to display the program-related keyword automatically displayed as an input, and a third search window being adjacent to at least one of the first search window or the second search windows to display the real-time hot-topic search word automatically displayed as an input.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the search area-providing module is configured to provide the extended pop-up window that provides a modified word comprising a text input to the first search window.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the text input to the first search window comprises first letters of a word.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the search area-providing module is configured to change the keyword and the real-time hot-topic search word automatically displayed as an input to the second search window and the third search windows in a rolling manner.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising an executable program, which when executed, performs the steps of:

providing a search area for providing a search service on a screen of the bidirectional broadcasting terminal in response to key input of a user input unit;

receiving a search request from a user terminal during a broadcast program;

determining whether the search request matches with criteria of a search engine for providing a first search window to the search area, wherein the first search window is to display a representative keyword that is automatically provided as an input for searching, wherein the criteria for the matching is based on an identification of the broadcast program;

determining whether the search request matches with the criteria for providing a second search window formed adjacent to the first search window, wherein the second search window is to display a search word that is related to the broadcast program and the search word is a completed search word automatically provided as an input;

determining whether the search request matches with the criteria for providing a third search window formed adjacent to at least one of the first search window and the second search window, wherein the third search window is to display a real-time hot-topic search word automatically provided as an input; and

providing a search window based on the determination,

wherein each of the second search window and the third search window provides an extended pop-up window comprising a modified word of the search word displayed on the corresponding search window in response to a selection of the corresponding search window.