ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20160192022A1
• Filed: 03/08/2016
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation (Midea Group Co., Ltd), Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ui, Shunji
• Application Number:
  US15/064,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20160192022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7605 on discs or drums H04N5/781, H04N5/805, H04N5/83, H04N5/85 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display device, a setting device, and a hardware processor. The display device displays content. The setting device sets a search condition. The hardware processor determines a type of content according to a state of the display device and searches content based on the search condition and the type of content.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display device configured to display content;

a setting device configured to set a search condition; and

a hardware processor configured to determine a type of content according to a state of the display device and search content based on the search condition and the type of content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine the type of content according to one of the content displayed by the display device and an application program executed by the display device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine the type of content according to whether the display device displays a broadcast program, or reproduces a recorded program, or reproduces network content.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine the type of content according to whether the display device executes a scheduled broadcast program table application, or a scheduled broadcast program search application, or a scheduled broadcast program reservation application, or a recorded program selection application, or a recorded program search application, or a network content search application.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if at least one new item of a search condition is set by the setting device and the at least one new item is not included in an already set search condition, a new search condition including the at least one new item is set.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein a new search condition is set according to at least one item of the search condition set by the setting device when a result of search is displayed by the display device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, if at least one new item of a search condition is set by the setting device and the at least one new item is included in an already set search condition, a new search condition wherein the at least one new item replaces at least one already set item included in the already set search condition.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein a new search condition is set according to at least one item of the search condition set by the setting device when a result of search is displayed by the display device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the setting device is further configured to set a type of content;

and

the hardware processor is further configured to change a determined type of content to the type of content set by the setting device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the setting device comprises a voice input device.

11. A method comprising:

displaying content by a display device;

setting a search condition;

determining a type of content according to a state of the display device; and

searching content based on the search condition and the type of content.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of executable instructions stored thereon configured to cause one or more computers to perform processing, the processing comprising:

displaying content by a display device;

setting a search condition;

determining a type of content according to a state of the display device; and

searching content based on the search condition and the type of content.