Search based user interface

• US 9,563,621 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2008
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Halme, Jaakko
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUERTAS TORRES, AYESHA E
• Application Number:
  US12/593,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,238 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9032 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings

Abstract

A method including detecting an input to a cellular device, the input corresponding to at least a portion of one or more identifiers corresponding with a respective content stored in the cellular device, displaying on the cellular device a list of the respective content associated with the input and enabling a user to select one or more of the content in the list.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

when a content is accessed, automatically assigning, by a system, one or more search identifiers to the respective content which is accessed for comparison with one or more search inputs during a subsequent search operation to allow for searching of the respective content, wherein the one or more search identifiers are stored in the system and the respective content is stored in or accessible by the system;

detecting, by the system, a search input to the system as part of the subsequent search operation;

comparing, by the system, the detected search input with the one or more stored search identifiers;

determining, by the system, stored search identifiers which at least partially correspond to the detected search input;

displaying, on the system, a list of the respective content associated with the determined stored search identifiers; and

enabling, by the system, a user to select one or more of the content in the list.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the system, at least one subsequent search input to the system; and

parsing, by the system, the list to include only that content having at least a partial search identifier sequence corresponding to the search input and the at least one subsequent search input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content corresponds to names in address books, calendars, calendar entries, phone books, phone book entries, spreadsheets, word processors, application files, internet programs and links or bookmarks to related web sites, music/video players and related songs/videos and playlists, device information and connectivity options.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search identifiers include images, numerical text, alphanumeric text, symbols, shapes, and/or any combination thereof, the identifiers forming a persons name, the name of an application or content, the name of an external device or a peripheral device, a description of the application, a description of the content, a description of the external device or a description of the peripheral device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the content causes context sensitive options corresponding to an application associated with the content to be displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search identifiers are stored in an indexed list in a memory of the system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is selected directly, without the need for navigating through hierarchical menu or folder structures.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising opening, by the system, an application associated with the content, wherein the application is stored in a memory of the system or in device external to the system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the system comprises one or more of a cellular phone, a mobile communications device, a terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communicator, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a television, a television set top box, a server and a device in communication with any of the aforementioned devices.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a display;

an input device;

a memory; and

a processor connected to the display, input device and memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

when a content is accessed, automatically assign one or more search identifiers to the respective content which is accessed for comparison with one or more search inputs during a subsequent search operation to allow for searching of the respective content, wherein the one or more search identifiers and the respective content are stored in the memory or a device accessible by the apparatus;

detect a search input to the apparatus as part of the subsequent search operation;

compare the detected search input with the one or more stored search identifiers;

determine stored search identifiers which at least partially correspond to the detected search input;

display on the display a list of the respective content associated with the determined stored search identifiers; and

enable a user to select one or more of the content in the list

wherein the apparatus is a cellular apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to detect at least one subsequent search input in the apparatus and parse the list of the respective content to include only that content having at least a partial search identifier sequence corresponding to the search input and the at least one subsequent search input.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the content corresponds to names in address books, calendars, calendar entries, phone books, phone book entries, spreadsheets, word processors, application files, internet programs and links or bookmarks to related web sites, music/video players and related songs/videos and playlists, device information and connectivity options.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more search identifiers include images, numerical text, alphanumeric text, symbols, shapes, and/or any combination thereof, the identifiers forming a persons name, the name of an application or content, the name of an external device or a peripheral device, a description of the application, a description of the content, a description of the external device or a description of the peripheral device.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to display context sensitive options corresponding to an application associated with the content when the content is selected.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more search identifiers are stored in an indexed list in the memory of the apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the content is selected directly, without the need for navigating through hierarchical menu or folder structures.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to open an application associated with the content, wherein the application is stored in the memory of the apparatus or in a device external to the apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus comprises one or more of a cellular phone, a mobile communications device, a terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communicator, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a television, a television set top box, a server and a device in communication with any of the aforementioned devices.

19. A non-transitory computer program product comprising computer readable program code for:

compu when a content is accessed, automatically assigning, by a system, one or more search identifiers to the respective content which is accessed for comparison with one or more search inputs during a subsequent search operation to allow for searching of the respective content, wherein the one or more search identifiers are stored in the system and the respective content is stored in or accessible by the system;

compu detecting, by the system, search input to the system as part of the subsequent search operation;

comparing, by the system, the detected search input with the one or more stored search identifiers;

determining, by the system, stored search identifiers which at least partially correspond to the detected search input;

displaying, on the system, a list of the respective content associated with the determined stored search identifiers; and

enabling, by the system, a user to select one or more of the content in the list.