EP2803004A1 - User interface for entertainment systems - Google Patents
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Definitions
- EPG electronic programming guide
- a user typically navigates through scheduled programming content entries displayed in an EPG by pressing buttons on the remote control device using a five-way navigational command system (left, right, up, down, and select). Once a user has highlighted a particular program on the EPG, the corresponding content may be shown on the electronic device by pressing the select button on the remote control device, after which the electronic device is tuned to the selected channel.
- a five-way navigational command system left, right, up, down, and select
- One embodiment is directed to a method of presenting search results on an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a tuner configured to tune the electronic device to receive scheduled programming.
- the method comprises receiving voice input comprising a search query; searching, with at least one processor, at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query; and presenting results of the search using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis.
- searching at least one data source comprises searching at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source.
- the results include scheduled programming content identified in the at least one scheduled programming content data source and bundled service content identified in the at least one bundled service content data source.
- the results include bundled service content that, when selected, displays multiple results from at least one bundled service content data source associated with the selected bundled service content.
- time-based axis distinguishes first content that is currently available for playback from second content that is currently unavailable for playback.
- results presented along the time-based axis include only scheduled programming content.
- Another embodiment is directed to an electronic device, comprising: a tuner configured to tune the electronic device to receive scheduled programming; and at least one processor programmed to: receive voice input comprising a search query; search at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query; and present results of the search using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis.
- the time-independent axis orders the results based on relevance to one or more terms in the search query.
- the electronic device further comprises a voice input interface configured to receive the search query as voice input.
- searching at least one data source comprises searching at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source.
- the results include bundled service content that, when selected, displays multiple results from at least one bundled service content data source associated with the selected bundled service content.
- the time-based axis distinguishes first content that is currently available for playback by the electronic device from second content that is currently unavailable for playback by the electronic device.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method, comprising: receiving voice input comprising a search query;
- searching at least one data source based, at least in part, on the search query ; and presenting results of the search using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis.
- the time-independent axis orders the results based on relevance to one or more terms in the search query.
- Another embodiment is directed to a method of presenting search results on a visual user interface for a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content, the method comprising: receiving a search query; searching based, at least in part, on a natural language understanding analysis of the search query, at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source; and presenting results of the search on the user interface, wherein the results of the search combine at least one first result correspondin to scheduled programming content and at least one second result corresponding to bundled service content.
- the at least one second result includes at least one bundled service result that, when selected, displays multiple results from the corresponding bundled service data source.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises data source for a web-based service.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises local data source associated with the electronic device.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises plurality of data sources connected via a network.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises data source of on-demand content.
- presenting the results of the search comprises presenting an image corresponding to at least one of the results of the search.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer perform a method of presenting search results on a visual user interface for a digitally- tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the method comprises receiving a search query; searching based, at least in part, on a natural language understanding analysis of the search query, at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source; and presenting results of the search on the user interface, wherein the results of the search combine at least one first result corresponding to scheduled programming content and at least one second result corresponding to bundled service content.
- presenting the results of the search comprises presenting an image corresponding to at least one of the results of the search.
- a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the electronic device comprises at least one processor programmed to: receive a search query; search based, at least in part, on a natural language understanding analysis of the search query, at least one scheduled programming content data source and at least one bundled service content data source; and present results of the search on the user interface, wherein the results of the search combine at least one first result corresponding to scheduled programming content and at least one second result corresponding to bundled service content.
- the at least one second result includes at least one bundled service result that, when selected, displays multiple results from the corresponding bundled service data source.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises a data source for a web-based service.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises a local data source associated with the electronic device.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises a plurality of data sources connected via a network.
- the at least one bundled service data source comprises a data source of on-demand content.
- Another embodiment is directed to a method of providing a user interface for a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content, the method comprising: displaying, on the user interface, a plurality of content- independent tags, the plurality of content-independent tags comprising a first content- independent tag identifying a first content unit returned from a search; and in response to receiving first input corresponding to the first content-independent tag, performing at least one action related to the first content unit, wherein the first input comprises first voice input and wherein the first content-independent tag is configured to be responsive to the first voice input.
- the method further comprises receiving second input, wherein a second content-independent tag of the plurality of content-independent tags is configured to be responsive to the second input; and performing the at least one action related to the first content unit comprises performing the at least one action based, at least in part, on the second input.
- the second input is second voice input and the second content-independent tag is configured to be responsive to the second voice input.
- receiving the first input and receiving the second input comprises receiving the second input before receiving the first input.
- the method further comprises selecting the first content unit based on the first input.
- performing at least one action related to the first content unit comprises tuning the electronic device to a channel to display scheduled
- the first content unit corresponds to a bundled service content unit comprising multiple search results
- the performing at least one action related to the first content unit comprises displaying the multiple search results.
- the method further comprises associating a plurality of voice commands with the user interface, the plurality of voice commands includes a first voice command and a second voice command, the first voice command invokes a first action and the second voice command invokes a second action, and the first voice command and the second voice command are recognized by the electronic device irrespective of a particular screen displayed on the user interface.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method of providing a user interface for a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the method comprises displaying, on the user interface, a plurality of content-independent tags, the plurality of content-independent tags comprising a first content-independent tag identifying a first content unit returned from a search; and in response to receiving first input
- the first content-independent tag corresponding to the first content-independent tag, performing at least one action related to the first content unit, wherein the first input is first voice input and wherein the first content-independent tag is configured to be responsive to the first voice input.
- Another embodiment is directed to a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the electronic device comprises at least one processor programmed to: display, on a user interface, a plurality of content- independent tags, the plurality of content-independent tags comprising a first content- independent tag identifying a first content unit returned from a search; and in response to receiving first input corresponding to the first content-independent tag, perform at least one action related to the first content unit, wherein the first input is first voice input and wherein the first content-independent tag is configured to be responsive to the first voice input.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to: receive second input, wherein a second content-independent tag of the plurality of content- independent tags is configured to be responsive to the second input; and wherein performing the at least one action related to the first content unit comprises performing the at least one action based, at least in part, on the second input.
- the performing at least one action related to the first content unit comprises tuning the electronic device to a channel to display scheduled programming for the first content unit.
- the first content unit corresponds to a bundled service content unit comprising multiple search results
- the performing at least one action related to the first content unit comprises displaying the multiple search results
- Another embodiment is directed to a digitally-tunable electronic device comprising: at least one processor programmed to: provide a user interface that enables the electronic device to receive a search query regardless of which of a plurality of screens is displayed on the user interface when the search query is received, wherein the search query comprises a search for content to display and/or playback on the digitally- tunable electronic device; receive voice input comprising the search query; and initiate a search for content corresponding to the search query in response to receiving the search query.
- initiating a search for content comprises sending a query for content to at least one data source connected to the electronic device by one or more networks.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to: display, on the user interface, one or more icons indicating input a user may use to initiate a search for content.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to: associate a plurality of voice commands with the user interface, the plurality of voice commands includes a first voice command and a second voice command, the first voice command invokes a first action and the second voice command invokes a second action.
- the first action and/or the second action corresponds to initiating a search for content.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-implemented method comprising: providing a user interface that enables an electronic device to receive a search query regardless of which of a plurality of screens is displayed on the user interface when the search query is received, wherein the search query comprises a search for content to display and/or playback on the electronic device; receiving voice input comprising the search query; and initiating a search for content corresponding to the search query in response to receiving the search query.
- initiating a search for content comprises sending a query for content to at least one data source connected to the electronic device by one or more networks.
- the method further comprises displaying, on the user interface, one or more icons indicating input a user may use to initiate a search for content.
- the method further comprises associating a plurality of voice commands with the user interface, wherein the plurality of voice commands includes a first voice command and a second voice command, wherein the first voice command invokes a first action and the second voice command invokes a second action.
- the first action and/or the second action corresponds to initiating a search for content.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method, comprising: providing a user interface that enables the electronic device to receive a search query regardless of which of a plurality of screens is displayed on the user interface when the search query is received, wherein the search query comprises a search for content to display and/or playback on the digitally-tunable electronic device; receiving voice input comprising the search query; and initiating a search for content corresponding to the search query in response to receiving the search query.
- initiating a search for content comprises sending a query for content to at least one data source connected to the electronic device by one or more networks.
- the method further comprises displaying, on the user interface, one or more icons indicating input a user may use to initiate a search for content.
- the method further comprises associating a plurality of voice commands with the user interface, wherein the plurality of voice commands includes a first voice command and a second voice command, wherein the first voice command invokes a first action and the second voice command invokes a second action.
- the first action and/or the second action corresponds to initiating a search for content.
- Another embodiment is directed to a digitally-tunable electronic device comprising: at least one processor programmed to: receive first input; entering a listening mode in response to recognizing the first input; determine whether second input is received during a particular amount of time while the electronic device is in the listening mode, wherein the first input and/or the second input is voice input; and exit the listening mode in response to determining that second input is not received during the particular amount of time.
- the second input is an explicit command to exit listening mode; and the at least one processor is further programmed to exit the listening mode in response to receiving the second input.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to monitor for the first input in response to exiting the listening mode.
- the electronic device further comprises at least one display, and the at least one processor is further programmed to display, on the least one display, an indication of whether the electronic device is currently in listening mode.
- the indication comprises one or more selection tags and/or icons.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to determine whether the electronic device is in listening mode; and display the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is in listening mode.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to hide the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is not in listening mode.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-implemented method comprising: receiving first input; causing an electronic device to enter a listening mode in response to recognizing the first input; determining whether second input is received during a particular amount of time while the electronic device is in the listening mode, wherein the first input and/or the second input is voice input; and exiting the listening mode in response to determining that second input is not received during the particular amount of time.
- the second input is an explicit command to exit listening mode; and the method further comprises exiting the listening mode in response to receiving the second input.
- the electronic device comprises at least one display
- the method further comprises displaying, on the least one display, an indication of whether the electronic device is currently in listening mode.
- the indication comprises one or more selection tags and/or icons.
- the method further comprises determining whether the electronic device is in listening mode; displaying the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is in listening mode; and hiding the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is not in listening mode.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method, comprising: receiving first input; causing an electronic device to enter a listening mode in response to recognizing the first input; determining whether second input is received during a particular amount of time while the electronic device is in the listening mode, wherein the first input and/or the second input is voice input; and exiting the listening mode in response to determining that second input is not received during the particular amount of time.
- the electronic device comprises at least one display, and the method further comprises displaying, on the least one display, an indication of whether the electronic device is currently in listening mode.
- the indication comprises one or more selection tags and/or icons.
- the method further comprises determining whether the electronic device is in listening mode; displaying the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is in listening mode; and hiding the plurality of content-independent voice tags in response to determining that the electronic device is not in listening mode.
- Another embodiment is directed to a method of searching for content to display and/or playback on a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the method comprises receiving voice input comprising a search query from a user, wherein the search query comprises a search for the content to display and/or playback on the electronic device; determining, based on the search query, an action the user wants to perform; determining one or more data sources to search based, at least in part, on the action the user wants to perform; and searching based, at least in part, on the search query, the one or more data sources for the content to display and/or playback on the electronic device.
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to listen to media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as a music data source.
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to watch media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as at least one scheduled programming content source.
- the method further comprises storing one or more rules associating a particular type of input with a particular order for searching the one or more data sources; and searching the one or more data sources comprises searching the one or more data sources in accordance with the one or more rules.
- searching the one or more data sources comprises searching all available data sources.
- the method further comprises receiving search results from the one or more data sources; and presenting the search results on a user interface.
- Another embodiment is directed to a computer-readable storage medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one computer, perform a method of searching for content to display and/or playback on a digitally- tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content.
- the method comprises receiving voice input comprising a search query from a user, wherein the search query comprises a search for the content to display and/or playback on the electronic device; determining, based on the search query, an action the user wants to perform; determining one or more data sources to search based, at least in part, on the action the user wants to perform; and searching based, at least in part, on the search query, the one or more data sources for the content to display and/or playback on the electronic device.
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to listen to media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as a music data source.
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to watch media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as at least one scheduled programming content source.
- the method further comprises storing one or more rules associating a particular type of input with a particular order for searching the one or more data sources; and searching the one or more data sources comprises searching the one or more data sources in accordance with the one or more rules.
- Another embodiment is directed to a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content, the electronic device comprising at least one processor programmed to: receive voice input comprising a search query from a user, wherein the search query comprises a search for content to display and/or playback on the electronic device; determine, based on the search query, an action the user wants to perform; determine one or more data sources to search based, at least in part, on the action the user wants to perform; and search based, at least in part, on the search query, the one or more data sources for the content to display and/or playback on the electronic device.
- the electronic device comprising at least one processor programmed to: receive voice input comprising a search query from a user, wherein the search query comprises a search for content to display and/or playback on the electronic device; determine, based on the search query, an action the user wants to perform; determine one or more data sources to search based, at least in part, on the action the user wants to perform; and search based, at least in part, on
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to listen to media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as a music data source.
- determining the action the user wants to perform comprises determining the user wants to watch media content, and determining one or more data sources to search comprises determining the one or more data sources as at least one scheduled programming content source.
- the at least one processor is further programmed to store one or more rules associating a particular type of input with a particular order for searching the one or more data sources; and searching the one or more data sources comprises searching the one or more data sources in accordance with the one or more rules.
- searching the one or more data sources comprises searching all available data sources.
- FIG. 1 is an exemplary system including components of some
- FIG. 2 is a process for presenting results of a query for content on a user interface in accordance with some embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic of a portion of a user interface for displaying results of a query for content in accordance with some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic of a portion of a user interface for displaying blended results of a query for content in accordance with some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic of portion of a user interface displaying voice tags a user may interact with using input in accordance with some embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 6 is an exemplary process for monitoring for input using a listening mode in accordance with some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 7 is an exemplary computer system that may be used to implement some embodiments of the invention.
- the inventors have recognized and appreciated that searching for content to view on an electronic device that includes a tuner for displaying scheduled
- EPGs Electronic program guides
- the grid format of an EPG display is designed to receive input from a remote control device using a five- way navigation command system to move a cursor to different entries in the grid.
- the inventors have recognized that navigation using conventional EPG displays is cumbersome.
- a user may be required to provide a series of navigation commands (e.g., "down-down-downright-select"), which does not result in an efficient or intuitive experience for the user to select a particular program.
- a series of navigation commands e.g., "down-down-downright-select”
- the display of conventional EPG search systems is a "visual-first" user interface in which the main focus of the interface is to display the scheduled programming content in visually consistent boxes.
- the inventors have appreciated that other techniques for searching for content are possible that do not require a rigid visual presentation of scheduled programming content because the user is not restricted to navigating displayed entries using a five-way navigation command system.
- some embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for an improved visual search interface.
- the visual user interface is designed to encourage
- Some embodiments encourage the use of voice input as a primary input modality, with visual aspects of the user interface being complimentary to voice input.
- any input that can be spoken can alternatively be provided via another type of input modality (e.g., text entry in a keyboard).
- voice e.g., text entry in a keyboard
- other modalities can be used to allow the user to provide the same types of inputs described in the illustrated embodiments below as being provided by voice.
- System 100 includes electronic device 102, which may be a television, a computer, a portable electronic device such as a
- Electronic device 102 may be configured to receive input from a user to search for and select content to view on the electronic device, wherein the input is received using one or more input modalities.
- electronic device 102 includes a voice input interface 104, such as a microphone and one or more other input interfaces 106 configured to receive the input.
- voice input interface 104 such as a microphone
- Other input interface(s) 106 may include, but are not limited to, a keyboard interface (e.g., a
- QWERTY keyboard a mouse interface, a remote control interface, or any other suitable interface that enables a user to search for content to view on electronic device 102.
- Voice input received via voice input interface 104 may be sent to automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine 108 for speech recognition to recognize the content of the received voice input.
- ASR engine 108 is illustrated in FIG. 1 as being included as a portion of electronic device 102, ASR engine 108 may alternatively be located remotely from electronic device 102 and may be in communication with electronic device 102 using any suitable communication mediums (e.g., one or more networks).
- electronic device 102 may be associated with one or more local ASR engines 108 and one or more remotely located ASR engines, whereby at least some received voice input is processed by the one or more local ASR engine(s) and at least some received voice input is processed by the one or more remotely-located ASR engines.
- Voice input sent to the one or more remote ASR engine(s) for recognition using one or more communication medium(s) (e.g., one or more networks) connecting the electronic device 102 and the ASR engine(s) may be returned to the electronic device 102 from the remotely-located ASR engine(s) using the same or different communication medium(s).
- one or more communication medium(s) e.g., one or more networks
- ASR engine 108 may be in communication with one or more voice command data sources 110 storing one or more voice commands.
- ASR engine 108 may match received voice input to the one or more voice commands stored in one or more voice command data sources 110 and return one or more matching voice commands to one or more processors 114 programmed to execute at least one action corresponding to the one or more matching voice commands.
- the output of ASR engine 108 may be analyzed using a natural language understanding (NLU) engine using any suitable NLU-based technique(s), examples of which are known in the art.
- NLU natural language understanding
- the NLU output may be used, at least in part, to associate a voice command with the received voice input.
- electronic device 102 may be configured to interpret voice input as a voice command in response to activation of an input signal (e.g., the user pressing a key on a remote control or a keyboard) or in response to receiving voice input corresponding to a "wake-up" word that when received indicates that the voice input following the input signal should be interpreted as a voice command.
- voice input may be interpreted as a command without command initiation via an input signal (e.g., a key press or a wake-up word), as embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect.
- the set of voice commands stored by the one or more voice command data sources 110 may include any suitable commands for searching for and selecting content to view on the electronic device 102.
- the set of voice commands may include commands to control functions of the electronic device 102 itself, examples of which include commands frequently found on a conventional remote control device, such as "mute,” "power on,” and “volume.”
- An illustrative set of electronic device commands for controlling an electronic device 102 is shown below in Table 1, but it should be appreciated that these commands are provided merely as examples and that embodiments described herein are not limited to using these specific commands.
- the set of voice commands may also include tuner commands used to search for and/or select scheduled programming content to display on electronic device 102, such as "show ⁇ channel name>, "next channel,” and "show ⁇ program name>.”
- tuner commands used to search for and/or select scheduled programming content to display on electronic device 102, such as "show ⁇ channel name>, "next channel,” and "show ⁇ program name>.”
- An illustrative set of tuner commands is shown below in Table 2, but it should be appreciated that these commands are provided merely as examples and that embodiments described herein are not limited to using these specific commands.
- the set of voice commands may also include application commands for interacting with one or more client applications on electronic device 102 that perform any of numerous functions, including providing access to numerous services.
- a user may use an application command to initiate a voice call session using a client application that performs calling (such as SkypeTM), search for weather information, or perform any of numerous other actions.
- An illustrative set of application commands is shown below in Table 3.
- Table 3 Illustrative Application Commands
- the illustrative application commands described in Table 3 include commands to control exemplary client applications including TwitterTM, YouTubeTM, and SkypeTM.
- embodiments of the invention may include voice commands for any other client application and are not limited in this respect.
- voice commands for client applications including, but not limited to, Facebook®, GmailTM, NetFlix®, HuluTM, and MySpaceTM may also be included.
- Some client applications, including many of those listed above, may be web-based services or applications that can be accessed either via a specialized application on the electronic device or via a web browser on the device and embodiments of the invention are not limited in the way in which a client application is accessed.
- the set of voice commands may also include action commands, each for performing an action related to one or more items in a search results list.
- action commands each for performing an action related to one or more items in a search results list.
- An illustrative list of action commands is described below in Table 4.
- the set of voice commands may also include EPG commands for interacting with an EPG display.
- EPG commands for interacting with an EPG display.
- the set of EPG commands may provide additional voice functionality to enhance the user's browsing experience.
- An illustrative set of EPG commands is described below in Table 5.
- electronic device 102 also includes a tuner 112 configured to enable electronic device 102 to tune to a particular channel to display scheduled programming content on electronic device 102.
- tuner 112 may enable the electronic device to receive scheduled programming content from one or more scheduled programming content sources 124 connected to electronic device 102 via network 120.
- Scheduled programming content sources 124 may source media content scheduled for these times including, but not limited to, stored content (e.g., television programs, and movies), and live media content.
- Scheduled programming content sources 124 that store and/or transmit scheduled programming content to an electronic device (e.g., over a communication medium such as a cable or satellite network) is well-known.
- Some embodiments may include a tuner configured to receive scheduled programming content from multiple content sources and/or may include multiple tuners, each of which is configured to receive scheduled programming content from a different content source.
- Electronic device 102 may also include network interface 118 configured to communicate with one or more storage and/or processing devices via one or more network 120. As discussed above, network interface 118 may be used to transmit voice input to one or more remote ASR engines and receive speech recognition results from the one or more ASR engines. Electronic device 102 can employ a single network interface 118, or more than one network interface 118 to enable the electronic device 102 to connect to more than one type of network (e.g., to perform different functions).
- An exemplary electronic device 102 is a television system.
- Television systems often include a tuner to enable the television system to display scheduled programming content received by a set top box that is connected to the television.
- a set top box is an example of a tuner 112, which receives scheduled programming content via a network interface 118 and decodes the received content to enable the electronic device to display the content on a display 122.
- Scheduled programming content or any other content received via network 120 may be displayed on the display 122 connected to electronic device 102.
- display 122 may be integrated as part of electronic device 102 and in other embodiments, display 122 may be connected to electronic device 102 via one or more wired or wireless connections. Display 122 can also be a single display or multiple displays and embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect.
- electronic device 102 may also be associated with a local content data source 116, which may be configured to store one or more television programs, one or more movies, or any other content suitable for playback on the electronic device.
- local content data source 116 may be a digital video recorder (DVR) configured to store recorded scheduled programming content.
- DVR digital video recorder
- Local content data source 116 may be configured to store content related to one or more local client applications associated with electronic device 102 including, but not limited to, one or more applications that store and/or manage picture files, music files, and/or video files.
- content when searching for content to view and/or playback on electronic device 102, content may be retrieved from local content data source 116 and/or one or more data sources (e.g., scheduled content data source 124, bundled service content data source 124) remotely located from electronic device 102 and connected to electronic device 102 by network 120.
- the particular source(s) that are searched may depend, at least in part, on the search query.
- the search results When results are returned from multiple sources, the search results may be ordered based, at least in part, on the source of the content corresponding to the search results.
- a user may be able to restrict a search for content based on the source of the content and/or the type of content desired to be included in the search results, as described in more detail below.
- Some embodiments are directed to a voice-controllable visual search interface displayed on display 122 and configured to allow the user to search for content to view and/or playback using the electronic device 102.
- the user may be able to interact with the search interface to search for scheduled programming content, as described above.
- Scheduled programming content includes, but is not limited to, broadcast content such as television and radio programs.
- some embodiments may enable a user to search for bundled service content stored, for example, by one or more network-connected bundled service data sources 124 and/or local content data source 116.
- bundled service content may be available for viewing/playback at any time.
- Bundled service content may include, but is not limited to, content from a web-based service (e.g., Netflix®), content from a local or remote data source storing media content (e.g., DVR content, on-demand content from a service provider, etc.), and content associated with one or more client applications (e.g., iTunes®) associated with electronic device 102.
- searching for content in accordance with some embodiments may allow a user to search for scheduled programming content, bundled service content, or both scheduled programming content and bundled service content in a single search.
- FIG. 2 An exemplary method for processing a search query in accordance with some embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 2.
- electronic device 102 receives a search query to search for content to view and/or playback on electronic device 102.
- the search query may include one or more voice commands, as discussed above.
- the voice input may be processed by one or more local and/or remote ASR engines for recognition.
- a determination of whether to process voice input via a local and/or remote ASR engine may be made based, at least in part, on the type of voice input.
- voice input corresponding to fixed- form device commands may be processed by a local ASR engine
- commands including free-form input e.g., 'Search,' 'Find,' etc.
- clouds remotely-located ASR engines.
- fixed-form commands may be associated with a limited grammar, they can be easier to recognize and a local ASR engine may suffice for voice recognition and be faster than sending the input to a remote ASR engine.
- free-form input may be more difficult to recognize, so sending the input to more robust ASR engine(s) may be required for acceptable recognition performance.
- language models associated with remotely ASR engines can be updated regularly to reflect changes in popular culture, names of movies, actors, books, etc. that might otherwise be difficult for a local ASR engine to recognize.
- at least a first portion of the voice input may be processed by a local ASR engine and at least a second portion of the voice input may be processed by a remotely-located ASR engine, and any combination of local and remote ASR engines may be used to recognize received voice input.
- the process then proceeds to act 220, where one or more data sources are searched based, at least in part, on the recognized voice input corresponding to the search query.
- the one or more data sources may be searched in any order, and any particular data source(s) (including less than all of the available data sources) may be searched.
- the results that are returned from the search may be determined in any suitable way.
- a determination of which data sources to search may be made based, at least in part, on a particular action a user wants to perform. For example, if the user says "listen Bob Seger," the system may determine that the user wants to listen to music, so only a local music data source may be searched and not a data source associated with an EPG.
- a data source associated with an EPG and one or more data sources associated with recorded television content may be searched, but a local music data source may not be searched.
- some embodiments of the invention may return relevant search results in a more efficient manner by reducing an amount of time to return the search results.
- not all embodiments are limited to searching only a subset of available sources as all available sources may be searched for some searches.
- an order in which the data sources are searched and/or an order in which the search results are presented may be determined based, at least in part, on one or more rules associating a particular command (or determined user intent) with a particular order for searching and/or presenting search results. For example, if a user says "watch Modern Family," recognition of the voice command "watch" (or an intended action if a specific command is not employed, as discussed below) may cause the electronic device to search and return results from data source(s) associated with an EPG first, search and return results from data source(s) associated with local content second, and search and return results from data source(s) associated with client applications (e.g., YouTubeTM) third. It should be appreciated that this particular order for searching and returning search results associated with a "watch" command is described merely for illustrative purposes and any other desired order may alternatively be used.
- some embodiments may not include a fixed command grammar, but rather may determine a user' s intent from the received input in some other way, such as determining a user's intent by monitoring for particular words in free-form input, and performing an action in response to determining the user's intent. For example, if a user uses the "play" command or uses the term "play" in a free-form input, the system may recognize that the play command or use of the word "play” may suggest an intent by the user to access always accessible content, whether locally stored or available on-demand. One or more priority rules may be used to determine what media content to play.
- the EPG may first be determined whether the EPG has any media content currently available to be played (e.g., broadcast content, on demand content, etc.) that matches the voice input. If it is determined that there is not currently available content from the EPG, it may next be determined whether any recorded media content.
- media content currently available to be played e.g., broadcast content, on demand content, etc.
- the electronic device may automatically playback a selected one of the matching content (e.g., the oldest unwatched (or partially watched) recorded content be selected and played back on the electronic device).
- a selected one of the matching content e.g., the oldest unwatched (or partially watched) recorded content be selected and played back on the electronic device.
- the process proceeds to act 222, where one or more results are displayed on a user interface associated with electronic device 102 in response to searching the one or more data sources for content that matches the search query.
- the search result(s) may be displayed in any suitable way including using a voice-enabled search results interface, as described in more detail below.
- displaying the results can include directly presenting a piece of content that matches user input.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a portion of a visual search interface in accordance with some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows an illustrative result screen 300 for displaying search results returned from a user-initiated search for content to view and/or play on an electronic device.
- result screen 300 is configured to display search results along at least two axes.
- one axis is in the foreground of the search interface and one or more other axes are in the background of the search interface, but can be brought to the foreground of the search interface in response to a command (e.g., a voice command).
- a command e.g., a voice command
- first axis for displaying search results may be a time-independent axis 310.
- Search results may be ordered along time-independent axis 310 using any suitable metric not related to a time when the content corresponding to the search results is available for viewing and/or playback.
- the search results may be ordered along the time-independent axis based, at least in part, on relevance to the search query that led to the result.
- content displayed along the time-independent axis may be limited to content that is available at the current time, while in other embodiments it may include content not currently available.
- relevance may be determined in any suitable way using any suitable algorithm (e.g., including giving higher relevance to content currently available for viewing), as embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect. It should be appreciated that relevance to a search query is only one way to order results along the time-independent axis, and that any other suitable metric may be used instead of or in addition to relevance to a search query.
- the search results may be ordered based, at least in part, on type of content, source of content, or any other factor or combination of factors.
- search results may also be organized along a second axis that is time-based and is configured to display search results available for viewing at different times.
- the foreground of the result screen 300 may display search results for content that is currently available, whereas content available only at a future time may be shown in the background 320 as illustrated in FIG. 3.
- search results displayed on only two axes it should be appreciated that search results may be displayed on any number of axes, as embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect.
- search results for bundled service content that are available at the current time, but may require a subscription or some other fee to be paid prior to viewing the content, may be displayed along a separate axis (not shown) to indicate that the content may be viewed only after an applicable payment has been paid.
- Result screen 300 may also include description section 330 that includes information regarding a currently selected search result.
- Description section 330 may also include other information that enables the user to make an informed selection from the search results displayed on result screen 300.
- description section 330 may include a description of the content associated with the currently selected search result, and this description may change based on a selection of a different search result displayed on result screen 300.
- less than all of the search results returned from the searching process may be displayed on result screen 300 to minimize crowding of the display.
- a user may interact with one or more voice tags, described in more detail below, to view additional search results.
- Result screen 300 may also include discovery field 340 that enables a user to perform an additional search based on one or more of the search results displayed on result screen 300.
- discovery field 340 when selected by a user, may initiate a search for content similar to content associated with the currently selected search result. Similarity may be determined in any suitable way using any suitable algorithm, as embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect. For example, similarity may be determined based, at least in part, on a content source content was retrieved from, one or more content tags associated with a piece of content (e.g., parental ratings for movies), type of content, or any combination of these or other factors.
- result screen 300 may include a toolbar 350 including information to facilitate a user interaction with search screen 300.
- toolbar 350 may include one or more icons, text, or other indicators explaining screen- specific or global inputs (e.g., voice commands) that a user may use to interact with result screen 300.
- Search results may comprise blended search results that include different types of content.
- search results may include results corresponding to scheduled programming content and bundled service content.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an illustrative result screen 400 in which the search results displayed on the result screen 400 include blended search results, i.e., at least two of the search results are associated with different types of content.
- the blended search results may include first results returned from one or more scheduled programming content data sources and second results returned from one or more bundled service content data sources.
- the search results displayed on result screen 400 include search results 410, 412, and 414, which may be results returned from one or more scheduled programming content data sources and search results 420 and 422, which may be results returned form one or more bundled service content data sources.
- search results returned from scheduled programming content data sources and search results returned from bundled service content data sources may be mixed together and ordered along a time-independent axis using any suitable metric or combination of metrics including, but not limited to, relevancy to the search query, type of content, and source of content.
- result screen 400 may include a description portion 430 that includes information about one or more of the search results displayed on result screen 400.
- search results displayed on result screen 400 may be ordered along at least two axes including a time-independent axis and a time-based axis.
- the search results displayed in a background portion of the search interface may include only scheduled programming content and not bundled service content. For example, because some bundled service content may always be available, in some embodiments search results corresponding to such bundled service content may always be shown in a foreground portion of the search interface to indicate that it is available for viewing and/or playing immediately. It should be appreciated, however, that this is merely one illustrative way to organize content using two axes and other organizations of content are also possible.
- some bundled service content may only be accessed immediately upon payment of a fee.
- a song from an online music store such as iTunes® may be accessed immediately, but only upon purchase of the song.
- search results that correspond to content that requires payment before becoming available for viewing and/or playback on an electronic device may not be mixed with other search results, but may appear in a different portion of the search results interface.
- a search interface in accordance with some embodiments of the invention may include one or more selection tags that facilitate interactions between a user and one or more components of the search interface.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary result screen 500 including a plurality of selection tags.
- one or more of the search results may be associated with a selection tag 510, which indicates input a user may provide (e.g., via spoken input, a keyboard or keypad, etc.) to select a particular search result.
- the user may say “select 1.”
- the user may say “select 4.”
- Result screen 500 may also include other types of selection tags such as one or more icons 520 that enable a user to use a selection command to perform one or more actions related to the content with which the icon is associated.
- the icons 520 may include, but are not limited to, icons that indicate to the user that they may view particular content, record particular content, or perform some other action associated with the particular content associated with the icon.
- the user may combine an action with identification of a selection tag to perform the action on the selected content. For example, a user may view the content associated with the search result in the lower left corner of FIG. 5 by saying "view 1."
- voice interactions with the visual search interface may be categorized into different types of voice commands depending on when the voice command is active.
- voice commands may be categorized as screen agnostic commands, which are independent of the content displayed on any particular screen and are always active irrespective of what particular screen is currently being presented on display.
- screen agnostic commands include, but art not limited to, commands such as volume control, channel control, screen brightness, and menu accessing commands.
- the set of screen agnostic commands overlap substantially with
- Screen agnostic commands may be associated with one or more labels for selective tags displayed on the search interface to alert the user to the presence of these commands, or in some embodiments the user is presumed to know that these always available commands and can be invoked so that no selection tags or icons are displayed.
- icons for one or more of the global commands may be included in a toolbar displayed on the search interface screen and/or a list of global commands may be accessed in response to a trigger event such as asking for help, pressing a hotkey on an input device, or in some other way.
- Some voice interactions may be associated with screen-dependent actions that enable a user to perform actions only within a particular screen of the user interface.
- selection tags 510 may allow a user to select a particular search result as described above, and the response to selecting the particular search result, a description of the content associated with the selected search result may be updated on the search interface to provide the user with information that may help the user decide whether to perform an action (e.g., watch, purchase, record) on the content associated with the selected search result.
- an action e.g., watch, purchase, record
- Other screen-dependent actions may be associated with one or more navigation functions of the search interface that enable a user to navigate within a particular result screen, and/or to update the content of a result screen.
- the search interface may display a voice-enabled label that allows a user to view additional search results not currently displayed on the search interface, for example, by speaking "next results" or some other command phrase or free-form input to update the result screen to include the additional results.
- the search interface may be further configured with user interaction functionality associated with screen-dependent actions to allow a user to switch between search results presented at different levels of a multi-axis display.
- user interaction functionality associated with screen-dependent actions to allow a user to switch between search results presented at different levels of a multi-axis display.
- the user may use voice (or other forms of) input to switch which results along the time-based axis are currently in focus and can be selected.
- voice or other forms of
- a user may say "later" (or some other word or phrase) to select content associated with search results displayed in the background of the user interface along the time-based axis of the displayed search results.
- This may be useful, for example, to allow the user to take an action (e.g., record) relating to scheduled programming content that is available at some later time.
- an action e.g., record
- the user may say "later" (or some other word or phrase), which may switch the search results displayed in the foreground and the search results displayed in the background to enable the user to select an item for which content is available only in the future.
- Another category of user interactions may be represented by graphical icons 520 that enable a user to perform a particular action such as recording, viewing, or playback of content associated with the search result.
- graphical icons may also correspond to additional value-added actions that enable a user to perform other "secondary" functions such as posting to Facebook®, performing an action on TwitterTM, or interacting with another client application service or website.
- the electronic device may receive input which causes the electronic device to enter a "listening mode" during which the electronic device is expecting further input from the user to perform an action.
- the electronic device may not interpret received input, by default, as representing a user' s intent to perform a particular action, and may be monitoring for input to trigger entry into listening mode.
- An illustrative process for an electronic device that includes a listening mode in accordance with some embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 6. In act 610, it is determined whether a first input has been received that will cause the electronic device to enter a listening mode.
- the first input may correspond to a voice command or some other voice input demonstrating a user's intent to perform an action, as described above.
- the first input may be any other suitable input to cause the electronic device to enter listening mode including, but not limited to, a press of a particular key on a keyboard or keypad.
- the process proceeds to act 620 where one or more actions corresponding to the first and/or second input are performed.
- the process may optionally return to act 612 to enter listening mode if additional input is expected.
- the second input may be "What's on HBO comedy listings tonight?" and the action performed in act 620 may be opening the HBO comedy listings for the current day.
- the process may proceed to act 612 to enter listening mode in anticipation of the additional input (e.g., next, previous, exit, etc.). However, if no additional input is expected after performing the one or more actions in act 620, the process may end.
- act 614 If it is determined in act 614 that a second input has not been received, the process proceeds to act 616 where it is determined whether a particular amount of time (e.g., 5 seconds) has elapsed since entering listening mode. If it is determined in act 616 that the particular amount of time has not yet elapsed, the process continues to monitor for a second input. Otherwise, if it is determined that the particular amount of time has elapsed, the process proceeds to act 618, where the electronic device is caused to exit listening mode, and the process returns to act 610 to monitor for a first input. In the above-described embodiment, the electronic device exits listening mode after a particular amount of time has passed after entering listening mode.
- a particular amount of time e.g., 5 seconds
- listening mode may alternatively be exited in other ways.
- some embodiments may enable a user to explicitly exit listening mode by providing input instructing the electronic device to do so.
- This explicit input may take any suitable form including, but not limited to, a voice command (or determined user intent), or a key press on a keyboard or keypad.
- an electronic device when an electronic device is caused to enter into a listening mode, this may be noted in some way on the user interface displayed by the electronic device. For example, upon entering the listening mode, one or more selection tags and/or icons may appear on the user interface to inform a user that listening mode has been entered. It should be appreciated that changes to a user interface to reflect the mode status of the electronic device may be performed in any way and the example of displaying or hiding selection tags and/or icons is only one way to indicate the status and other ways are also possible.
- bundled service content search results may be represented hierarchically. For example, if a particular bundled service includes one or more pieces of content that match a search query, they may initially be represented by including an identifier for the bundle service in the search results, but not the
- an application associated with a bundled service content search result may be illustrated as an image or icon for the application, which is recognized by a user as representing that application.
- the bundled service search result may correspond to a movie streaming service such as, Netflix® (e.g., illustrated by a Netflix® icon), and in response to selecting the movie streaming service by, for example, saying "select 2," which selects the second search result (e.g., the Netflix® search result), search results within the Netflix® application may be displayed.
- a user may search for content corresponding to
- search results returned in response to this search may include scheduled programming content for New York Yankees baseball games, bundled service content from a movie streaming service for movies related to the New York Yankees, music content related to the band "Damn Yankees," and electronic book content for the electronic book "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court” by Mark Twain.
- the search results may initially show an image for a movie streaming service which includes multiple movies related to the search term "Yankees.” Upon selecting the image for the movie streaming service using, for example, a selection voice tag associated with the image, one or more movies available from that streaming service and corresponding to the search term "Yankees" may be displayed in the search results.
- Hierarchically- presented search results may have any number of hierarchical levels, as embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect.
- FIG. 1 Another illustrative example of content that can be represented hierarchically is songs in a music library.
- a user may want to play a song by Metallica, but may not remember the name of the song.
- the user may initiate a search for "Metallica,” and the search results that are returned may include multiple albums for Metallica stored locally on a local data source associated with electronic device and/or one or more network connected music data sources (e.g., databases) that include music from Metallica.
- the search results may be presented as a series of images for album covers for the different Metallica albums and the user may be prompted to select one of the albums from the search results (e.g., by using selection voice tags associated with each album image).
- the selected album may be expanded to reveal search results for one or more of the songs associated with album, and the user may select one of the songs on the album for playback.
- search results may be presented in a hierarchical manner such that sequential selections of search results may allow the user to navigate through the search results to identify the content the user wants to playback on the electronic device.
- voice tags may be employed that instruct the user how to interact with different components of the user interface.
- Content-neutral voice tags are labels that are independent of the content that the voice tag identifies.
- An example of a content-neutral voice tag is the selection voice tags (1, 2, 3, 4) illustrated in FIG. 5, which allow the user to select one of the search results without having to speak the name of the content identifying the search result.
- content-neutral voice tags do not identify the content itself with which they are associated, but merely identify a slot or position of the search result to which the content is assigned.
- the user is provided with a set of voice tags that facilitates a consistent user experience when interacting with the visual search interface.
- content-neutral voice tags allows the user to use less speech to invoke commands that would be required if the voice tags were created based, at least in part, on the content the tags identified.
- Use of content-neutral voice tags also allow the use of a fixed grammar (e.g., numbers, letters) that can result in more accurate ASR for content that may have unique names, etc.
- the user may be able to provide input (e.g., via voice) that results in the activation of more than one type of command or interaction. For example, a user may say, "watch 1.” In response, two interactions take place: (1) the first item in the search results may be selected and (2) the selected item may be played. In this way a single input may cause multiple commands or interactions to be executed without the user having to issue separate commands.
- input e.g., via voice
- a user may say, "watch 1.”
- two interactions take place: (1) the first item in the search results may be selected and (2) the selected item may be played.
- a single input may cause multiple commands or interactions to be executed without the user having to issue separate commands.
- Such a system enables the user to use natural input (e.g., speech) to control the electronic device.
- Searches may be performed for any type of content has described above, including searches for video clips on YouTubeTM, HuluTM, or any other video-sharing website or web service. Additionally, the user may search for music content, as described above, in one music libraries stored locally or accessible via a network (e.g., the Internet). The user may have the ability to restrict a search to a particular type of content such as music, videos, or scheduled programming content, such that the search results only include a particular type of content for which the user desires to search. To this end, the search interface may be associated with advanced searching capabilities that may be configured using voice input and/or other input modalities.
- a piece of content displayed in the search results may include multiple tags (e.g., voice tags), with one tag identifying the content, and another tag indicating an action to perform with the content (e.g., watch, record, or purchase the content).
- tags e.g., voice tags
- Another tag indicating an action to perform with the content (e.g., watch, record, or purchase the content).
- the number of tags associated with search results for a search interface is not a limitation of embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 7 An illustrative implementation of a computer system 700 that may be used in connection with any of the embodiments of the invention described herein is shown in FIG. 7.
- the computer system 700 may include one or more processors 710 and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media (e.g., memory 720 and one or more non-volatile storage media 730).
- the processor 710 may control writing data to and reading data from the memory 720 and the non-volatile storage device 730 in any suitable manner, as the aspects of the present invention described herein are not limited in this respect.
- the processor 710 may execute one or more instructions stored in one or more computer-readable storage media (e.g., the memory 720), which may serve as non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions for execution by the processor 710.
- computer-readable storage media e.g., the memory 720
- the processor 710 may execute one or more instructions stored in one or more computer-readable storage media (e.g., the memory 720), which may serve as non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions for execution by the processor 710.
- the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in any of numerous ways.
- the embodiments may be implemented using hardware, software or a combination thereof.
- the software code can be executed on any suitable processor or collection of processors, whether provided in a single computer or distributed among multiple computers.
- any component or collection of components that perform the functions described above can be generically considered as one or more controllers that control the above-discussed functions.
- the one or more controllers can be implemented in numerous ways, such as with dedicated hardware, or with general purpose hardware (e.g., one or more processors) that is programmed using microcode or software to perform the functions recited above.
- one implementation of the embodiments of the present invention comprises at least one non-transitory computer- readable storage medium (e.g., a computer memory, a floppy disk, a compact disk, a tape, etc.) encoded with a computer program (i.e., a plurality of instructions), which, when executed on a processor, performs the above-discussed functions of the
- the computer-readable storage medium can be transportable such that the program stored thereon can be loaded onto any computer resource to implement the aspects of the present invention discussed herein.
- the reference to a computer program which, when executed, performs the above-discussed functions is not limited to an application program running on a host computer. Rather, the term computer program is used herein in a generic sense to reference any type of computer code (e.g., software or microcode) that can be employed to program a processor to implement the above-discussed aspects of the present invention.
- embodiments of the invention may be implemented as one or more methods, of which an example has been provided.
- the acts performed as part of the method(s) may be ordered in any suitable way. Accordingly, embodiments may be constructed in which acts are performed in an order different than illustrated, which may include performing some acts simultaneously, even though shown as sequential acts in illustrative embodiments.
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