Patent ID: 8789122
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television receiver device, comprising: a television receiver; an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) receiver; a decoder that receives television programming from the television receiver and the IPTV receiver and where the decoder decodes television programming from a selected one of the television receiver and IPTV receiver; one or more programmed processors having one or more program modules that retrieves metadata relating to television programming, metadata relating to IPTV content, metadata relating to any installed Widgets, and metadata associated with the television (TV) receiver device's functions; the television programming, the IPTV content, the Widgets and the TV receiver device's functions comprising targets, where the processor retrieves or updates metadata on a periodic basis, with a different period for metadata associated with at least two types of the targets; the programmed processor storing tags from said metadata in a database and associating the tags with their targets; a search engine that runs as a functional module on the one or more programmed processors to search the database for tags in response to a search query and to retrieve the associated target on command, and where the search engine presents potential targets for selection by a user prior to execution of the target; and the control processor executing the target, where executing the target is carried out by tuning to television program content when the target is a television program, by playing IPTV program content when the target is IPTV content, by launching or resuming a Widget when the target is a Widget, and by launching or resuming a TV receiver device's function when the target is a TV receiver device's function.