Relevance bar for content listings

摘要

A client computer receives a set of search results ordered based on scheduled time of broadcast associated with respective listings of content. The listings of content include data representing time-bounded events. The client computer displays or otherwise presents a set of objects along an axis of a display bar, the objects corresponding to subsets of the search results. For example, the axis is associated with a unit of time or a unit of relevance.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
on a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs, the one or more processors executing the one or more programs to perform the operations of: responsive to at least one constraint associated with a search query, obtaining a plurality of time-bounded multimedia events based on relevance to the search query, wherein a respective time-bounded multimedia event in the plurality of time-bounded multimedia events is associated with a respective broadcasting time; presenting a first set of objects along a first axis of a relevance bar and concurrently displaying a grid containing at least a subset of a plurality of search results for the search query, wherein
(i) each object in the first set of objects corresponds to one or more time-bounded multimedia events in the plurality of time-bounded multimedia events,(ii) the first axis represents a unit of time,(iii) the first set of objects is presented, at respective locations along the first axis of the relevance bar, in accordance with respective broadcasting times of the time-bounded multimedia events, and(iv) the first set of objects is presented with respective visual indicia indicating a varying degree of relevance between content of a respective time-bounded multimedia event and the search query stacking multiple objects corresponding to the first set of multimedia events along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and at the particular location along the first axis, wherein the particular location corresponds to a particular time, thereby indicating a quantity of multimedia events in the first set of multimedia events having a scheduled time of broadcast during the particular time; and in response to user selection of an object on the relevance bar, preparing for presentation a window on the relevance bar, the window containing information about the multimedia event corresponding to the selected object.