Direct search launch on a second display

摘要

Apparatus and methods to implement a technique for using a second display with a network-enabled television. In one implementation, this feature allows the native application on the second display to directly launch the second display application with a requested search term so that the user is immediately brought to a search page with relevant search results. The search term may be derived from the native application which in turn derives from the context of the IP TV. Such a context could be metadata from a currently playing BD from a BD player or TV channel. The second display application may be a web application or a native remote controller application. The second display could be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, or a laptop or tablet PC, a desktop PC, or the like.

主权项

1. A method of causing a second display application to launch and search on a search item, comprising:
i. receiving a search item on a second display; ii. upon reception of the search item, instantiating a second display application, the second display application configured to control playback of content items on at least one content playback device by presenting an authentication credential of the content playback device from the second display to a content provider service, and causing the second display application to search on the search item; and iii. displaying the results of the search within the second display application, the search results related to the search item relating to services or content items available from one or more content provider services.