Method for providing user interface on terminal

• US 9,557,903 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2012
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William
• Application Number:
  US14/376,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20140359523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,814 Days
• Field of Search: 715/781
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 in a terminal, the method comprising:

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

receiving a first response from the server in response to the specific information search request;

displaying an item for receiving voice as a second response related to the specific information search request when the first response indicates no search result;

displaying a screen for receiving the second response when the item is selected;

receiving the second response via the displayed screen;

transmitting the received second response to the server; and

displaying the second response as text when the specific information search request is received from the user after the received second response is transmitted to the server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second response is received while also receiving a web search result from the server in response to the specific information search request.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring at least location information or time information related to terminal; and

transmitting the acquired at least location information or time information to the server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring profile information related to the user; and

transmitting the acquired profile information to the server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second response comprises information requested by the specific information search request or information linked to information requested by the specific information search request.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

receiving the second response from the external terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information search request is received from the user as voice.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

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

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information search request is received from an external terminal using a push notification service.

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

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

displaying an item for receiving a user voice response related to the displayed at least one information search request;

displaying a screen for receiving the voice response when the item is selected;

receiving the voice response via the displayed screen;

transmitting the received voice response to the server; and

displaying the received voice response as text when the at least one information search request is received from the user after the received voice response is transmitted to the server.

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

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing the at least one information search request received from the user as voice when the response to the received information search request indicates no search result.

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

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

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the voice response is received while also receiving a web search result from the server in response to the specific information search request.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

acquiring at least location information or time information related to terminal; and

transmitting the acquired at least location information or time information to the server.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

acquiring profile information related to the user; and

transmitting the acquired profile information to the server.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the user voice response comprises information requested by the information search request or information linked to information requested by the information search request.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

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

receiving the voice response from the external terminal.