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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Edward Merritt, Lenox, MA (US);
Gene S. Fein, Lenox, MA (US);
Edward Merritt, Lenox, MA (US);
Gefemer Research Acquisitions, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for an integrated cross platform multimedia broadband search and selection user interface. The user interface searches for media across different platforms including the user's stored media and all other media available both online and offline. The interface uses a series of icons to display search results. The method includes (i) receiving a query having at least one search term from a user, (ii) performing a search in a network of databases being executed by the user utilizing the at least one search term, (iii) assigning each search result among the search results to at least one icon, and (iv) displaying the at least one icon with the respective search result.