US 12,118,051 B2
Electronic device for searching for content and method thereof
Jaeseok Park, Suwon-si (KR); Mina Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Seokho Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,418.
Application 18/150,418 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/015739, filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0173951 (KR), filed on Dec. 7, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0183948 (KR), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0177098 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/954 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communication module;
at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the communication module; and
a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
display, on the display, one or more keywords for searching for a content,
in response to identifying that a first keyword is selected among the one or more keywords, arrange and display, according to a designated criterion, one or more first categories among subordinate categories associated with the first keyword and one or more first contents associated with the first keyword,
in case that a selection input to one of the one or more first categories is identified, arrange and display, according to the designated criterion, one or more second categories among subordinate categories associated with a selected category and one or more second contents associated with the selected category, and
in case that a selection input to one of the one or more first contents is identified, provide the selected content.