System and method for searching multimedia

摘要

A system and method for intelligent content searching is disclosed herein. The system saves all searches executed by the user and periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches and display the subsequent search results to the user at an appropriate time without any user intervention. In one aspect, the system periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches upon the occurrence of a trigger event, which may be trending events, news events, type of menus and/or screens accessed, new content being added on one or more service providers, a boot event, passage of time since last search, etc. In this way, users do not need to set alert or follow any search topic.

主权项

1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium having stored therein one or more instructions operational on a client device, which when executed by a processor the instructions cause the processor to:
receive at least one keyword from a client device; perform a first search for content using the at least one keyword; send a first search results of the first search to a user device for display; automatically store the first search including the at least one keyword; perform a subsequent search of the stored first search using at least the stored at least one keyword upon an occurrence of a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is triggered upon determining that a user has been browsing channels without playing programming content for a period of time beyond a predetermined threshold; automatically send subsequent search results of the subsequent search to the user device for display; and display at least some of the search results responsive to receive command input from the user device.