METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE ON TERMINAL

• US 20140359523A1
• Filed: 02/13/2012
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Seokbok
• Granted Patent: US 9,557,903 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a user interface on a terminal, which provides a user interactive information search service that uses, as information, a user response to an information search request so as to overcome local limitations coverable by an information search service and expand a search function for the domain that cannot be supported. A method for providing a user interface on a terminal according to one embodiment disclosed in the present specification comprises a step of transmitting, to a server, an information search request based on a user voice input; a step of receiving, from the server, a response to the information search request; and a step of displaying an item to take, in the form of a voice input, a user response to the information search request in the event that the response indicates that there is nothing found as a search result.

Claims

1. A method of providing a user interface on a terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting an information search request based on a user'"'"'s voice input to a server;

receiving a response to the information search request from the server; and

displaying an item for receiving a user response to the information search request as a voice when the response indicates no search result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the item is an item for receiving a user response to the information search request as a voice from the user while at the same time receiving a web search result to the information search request from the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an item for receiving a web search result to the information search request from the server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user response to the information search request as a voice from the user when the item is selected.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said receiving the user response as a voice comprises:

providing an interactive interface when the item is selected; and

receiving a second response to the information search request as a voice from the user through the interactive interface.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting a user response received from the user to the server.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring at least one of location information and time information of the terminal; and

transmitting at least one of location information and time information of the terminal to the server.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring a user'"'"'s profile information; and

transmitting the user'"'"'s profile information to the server.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the user response to the information search request comprises information itself requested by the information search request or information linked to information requested by the information search request.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the information search request to an external terminal when the item is selected; and

receiving a user response to the information search request from the external terminal.

11. A method of providing a user interface on a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying at least one information search request for which a response to the information search request from a server indicates no search result;

receiving a user response to the at least one information search request as a voice from a user; and

transmitting the received user response to the server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information search request is received as a voice from the user.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the received information search request to the server, and receiving a response to the information search request from the server when the information search request is received as a voice from the user; and

storing an information search request received as a voice from the user when a response to the received information search request indicates no search result.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the information search request is received from an external terminal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the information search request is received from the external terminal using a push notification service.