US 12,242,772 B2
Mobile-enabled voice search of media items for displaying on alternative playback devices
Jaee Patwardhan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sana Mithani, Millbrae, CA (US); Allan Mills, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicolas Klein, San Francisco, CA (US); Yakka Nakia Murphy, San Jose, CA (US); and Adam Harrison, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/419,255
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/040201
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/002846, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0113935 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
responsive to initiating a mobile application on a mobile device, detecting a message broadcasted by an alternative playback device and initiating a casting session with the mobile device, the message reflecting a user request to perform a voice search on the mobile device;
causing presentation of a graphical user interface (GUI), associated with the mobile application, on a screen of the mobile device of a user, the GUI including a voice search GUI element representing a voice search;
receiving a user selection of the voice search GUI element;
receiving an audio input of the user to request a search of one or more media items, the audio input specifying one or more search criteria for the search; and
causing, via the casting session, presentation of a textual search query derived from the audio input and of a result of the search on a screen of the alternative playback device by submitting, via the casting session, the textual search query for processing.