US 11,758,237 B2
Television related searching
Vincent Dureau, Palo Alto, CA (US); Salahuddin Choudhary, Palo Alto, CA (US); Benjamin Ling, San Francisco, CA (US); Shalini Pai, Saratoga, CA (US); Dennis Miloseski, San Francisco, CA (US); Justin Koh, Mountain View, CA (US); Richard William Bragg, Los Altos, CA (US); and Alok Chandel, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,482.
Application 17/892,482 is a continuation of application No. 17/240,189, filed on Apr. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,425,468.
Application 17/240,189 is a continuation of application No. 16/841,096, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 10,992,996, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 16/841,096 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,183, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,616,658, issued on Apr. 7, 2020.
Application 16/241,183 is a continuation of application No. 15/795,900, filed on Oct. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,178,438, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Application 15/795,900 is a continuation of application No. 13/104,662, filed on May 10, 2011, granted, now 9,807,464, issued on Oct. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/346,457, filed on May 19, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408158 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01)
CPC H04N 21/4826 (2013.01) [G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for television related searching, the method comprising:
receiving a search request related to a media content item being presented on a media device; and
responsive to the search request, causing a first portion of search suggestions and a second portion of search results to be presented on the display device in an overlay that is positioned over the media content item, wherein the second portion of search results includes (i) a first search result that is associated with a channel content type and includes a first identifier corresponding to a content item for playback that, in response to receiving a selection of the first identifier, causes the content item to be played back and (ii) a second search result that is associated with an application content type and includes a second identifier corresponding to an application for execution on the display device that, in response to receiving a selection of the second identifier, causes the application to be launched.