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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2012
Applicants:

Tapio I. Koivuniemi, Oulu, FI;

Tuomas A. Tuononen, Oulu, FI;

Jarkko Koivikko, Oulu, FI;

Teijo J. Kinnunen, Oulu, FI;

Inventors:

Tapio I. Koivuniemi, Oulu, FI;

Tuomas A. Tuononen, Oulu, FI;

Jarkko Koivikko, Oulu, FI;

Teijo J. Kinnunen, Oulu, FI;

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for searching for content to display on a digitally-tunable electronic device configured to display scheduled programming content. The method comprises receiving a search query from a user, and determining, based on the search query, an action the user wants to perform. The method further comprises 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 on the electronic device.


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