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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Yuen-keen Cheong, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steven A. Hatch, Danvers, MA (US);
Hoi L. Young, Pacifica, CA (US);
Tapio I. Koivuniemi, Oulu, FI;
Yuen-Keen Cheong, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steven A. Hatch, Danvers, MA (US);
Hoi L. Young, Pacifica, CA (US);
Tapio I. Koivuniemi, Oulu, FI;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing a search interface for an electronic device including a tuner configured to tune the electronic device to receive scheduled programming content. A search query is received and one or more data sources including information about media content are searched based, at least in part, on the search query. The results of the search are presented on a user interface using a time-based axis and a time-independent axis.