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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Robert Poniatowski, San Jose, CA (US);

Shelly Glennon, San Jose, CA (US);

Glen Sanford, Alameda, CA (US);

Kimberly Paluch, Cambridge, MA (US);

Margret Schmidt, Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Poniatowski, San Jose, CA (US);

Shelly Glennon, San Jose, CA (US);

Glen Sanford, Alameda, CA (US);

Kimberly Paluch, Cambridge, MA (US);

Margret Schmidt, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

TiVo Inc., Alviso, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 17/30634 (2013.01); G06F 17/30699 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for an adaptive search user interface is provided. The user interface allows for search results to be customized by the user. The user interface includes a discovery bar of multimedia content that includes additional media content, advertisements, and features that are recommended to users. The discovery bar of multimedia content is customizable based upon user command input. The user interface also includes methods and graphical interface in which to resolve recording conflicts.


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