INTEGRATED DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR EXPRESSION-BASED RETRIEVAL OF EXPRESSIVE MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20170083586A1
• Filed: 02/14/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Huang, Peter Chi-Hao, McIntosh, David, Hachenburg, Erick
• Granted Patent: US 11,138,207 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

Various embodiments relate generally to a system, a device and a method for expression-based retrieval of expressive media content. A request may be received to search for content items in a media content management system. Media content items may be procured from different content sources through application programming interfaces, user devices, and/or web servers. Media content items may be analyzed to determine one or more metadata attributes, including an expressions. Metadata attributes may be stored as one or more content associations. The media content items may be stored and categorized based on the content associations. A search router rules engine may determine search intent based on the search query, which may include a pictorial representation of an expression, such as an emoji. A dynamic interface may be integrated in a device operating system through various access points, including a button, a trigger key, a keyword trigger, and an overlay button.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a processor, a user interface to receive input at a user device, the user device configured to provide the user interface across one or more applications operable on the user device;

receiving, by the processor, a dynamic interface access module configured to provide access to a plurality of media content items in an media content system, the dynamic interface access module operable to be installed on the user device to modify the user interface to include a dynamic content access point;

rendering, by the processor, the user interface at the user device to include the dynamic content access point as integrated within the user interface; and

receiving, by the processor, a selection of the dynamic content access point within the user interface at the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an application of the one or more applications comprises a messaging application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein an application of the one or more applications comprises a native SMS application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein an application of the one or more applications comprises a third-party messaging application installed on the user device, the third-party messaging application rendering the dynamic content access point as integrated within the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a standard keyboard interface.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamic content access point comprises a standard key on the standard keyboard interface, the standard keyboard interface provided by an operating system of the user device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamic content access point comprises a keyword trigger inputted through the standard keyboard interface.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the dynamic content access point comprises a dedicated button rendered on the standard keyboard interface.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the processor, a dynamic content interface responsive to receiving the selection of the dynamic content access point, the dynamic content interface provided within the user interface at the user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic content interface comprises an overlay interface.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic content interface comprises a popup overlay interface.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic content interface comprises a carousel user interface.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a search query from the dynamic content interface provided within the user interface, the search query comprising an expressive statement;

providing the search query to the media content system;

receiving, by the processor a candidate set of media content items in response to the search query; and

providing, by the processor, the candidate set of media content items in the dynamic content interface within the user interface.

14. A system comprising:

a media content system comprising a database, the database comprising a plurality of content items; and

a user device comprising a processor and an operating system, the operating system configured to provide, by the processor, a user interface on one or more applications operating on the user device, the user interface configured to provide an access point through an integrated dynamic content access module to the plurality of content items in the media content system,

wherein the user interface is further configured to provide a dynamic content interface in response to a selection of the access point, the dynamic content interface configured to receive a search query through the dynamic content interface, and

wherein the dynamic content interface is further configured to provide a candidate set of content items in the dynamic content interface in response to the search query, the dynamic content interface rendering the candidate set of content items on the one or more applications on the user device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein an application of the one or more applications comprises a messaging application.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface comprises a standard keyboard interface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the access point comprises a standard key on the standard keyboard interface.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the access point comprises a dedicated button rendered on the standard keyboard interface.

19. A non-transitory computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer program product comprising program instructions to perform a method, the method comprising:

providing, by a processor, a user interface to receive input at a user device, the user device configured to provide the user interface across one or more applications operable on the user device;

receiving, by the processor, a dynamic interface access module configured to provide access to a plurality of media content items in an media content system, the dynamic interface access module operable to be installed on the user device to modify the user interface to include a dynamic content access point;

rendering, by the processor, the user interface at the user device to include the dynamic content access point as integrated within the user interface; and

receiving, by the processor, a selection of the dynamic content access point within the user interface at the user device.

20. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

providing, by the processor, a dynamic content interface responsive to receiving the selection of the dynamic content access point, the dynamic content interface provided within the user interface at the user device.