Claims
- 1. A display system comprising:
a display controller generating a plurality of graphical elements representative of each available item within a search pool, a graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon a relevance of the associated item to specified criteria, wherein the graphical element is updated in response to any change to the specified criteria or the search pool.
- 2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon the relevance of the associated item to specified criteria further comprises one of a size of the graphical element or a perceived proximity of the graphical element to a viewer.
- 3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein one or more graphical elements are representative of multiple items within the search pool and serving as a user control triggering expanded display of additional graphical elements each representative of a subset of the multiple items.
- 4. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever the specified criteria are changed by either adding, deleting or modifying a search query element or updating a user profile.
- 5. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever an item is added or deleted from the search pool.
- 6. A content reception system comprising:
a input receiving content and information items regarding the content, wherein the information items form a search pool; and a display controller receiving search results from a search on the search pool and generating a plurality of graphical elements representative of each available item within a search pool, a graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon a relevance of the associated item to specified criteria, wherein the graphical element is updated in response to any change to the specified criteria or the search pool.
- 7. The content reception system according to claim 6, wherein the graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon the relevance of the associated item to specified criteria further comprises one of a size of the graphical element or a perceived proximity of the graphical element to a viewer.
- 8. The content reception system according to claim 6, wherein one or more graphical elements are representative of multiple items within the search pool and serving as a user control triggering expanded display of additional graphical elements each representative of a subset of the multiple items.
- 9. The content reception system according to claim 6, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever the specified criteria are changed by either adding; deleting or modifying a search query element or updating a user profile.
- 10. The content reception system according to claim 6, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever an item is added or deleted from the search pool.
- 11. A content search and result display method comprising:
receiving content and information items regarding the content, wherein the information items form a search pool; searching the search pool utilizing specified criteria to produce a relevance of each information item to the specified criteria; and generating a plurality of graphical elements representative of each available item within a search pool, wherein a graphical feature of each graphical element depends upon a relevance of the associated item to specified criteria, and wherein the graphical element is updated in response to any change to the specified criteria or the search pool.
- 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon the relevance of the associated item to specified criteria further comprises one of a size of the graphical element or a perceived proximity of the graphical element to a viewer.
- 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein one or more graphical elements are representative of multiple items within the search pool and serving as a user control triggering expanded display of additional graphical elements each representative of a subset of the multiple items.
- 14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever the specified criteria are changed by either adding, deleting or modifying a search query element or updating a user profile.
- 15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the graphical element is updated whenever an item is added or deleted from the search pool.
- 16. A signal comprising:
a plurality of graphical elements representative of each available item within a search pool, a graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon a relevance of the associated item to specified criteria, wherein each graphical element is updated in response to any change to the specified criteria or the search pool.
- 17. The signal according to claim 16, wherein the graphical feature of each graphical element depending upon the relevance of the associated item to specified criteria further comprises one of a size of the graphical element or a perceived proximity of the graphical element to a viewer.
- 18. The signal according to claim 16, wherein one or more graphical elements are representative of multiple items within the search pool and serve as a user control triggering expanded display of additional graphical elements each representative of a subset of the multiple items.
- 19. The signal according to claim 16, wherein each graphical element is updated whenever the specified criteria are changed by either adding, deleting or modifying a search query element or updating a user profile.
- 20. The signal according to claim 16, wherein each graphical element is updated whenever an item is added or deleted from the search pool.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present invention is related to those disclosed in the following United States Non-Provisional Patent Applications:
[0002] 1) Ser. No. ______ [Docket No. US010683] filed concurrently herewith, entitled “METHOD OF POPULATING AN EXPLICIT PROFILE”;
[0003] 2) Ser. No. ______ [Docket No. US010684] filed concurrently herewith, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS AND DISPLAY OF CONTENT ALLOWING USERS TO APPLY MULTIPLE PROFILES”;
[0004] 3) Ser. No. ______ [Docket No. US010685] filed concurrently herewith, entitled “SORT SLIDER WITH CONTEXT INTUITIVE SORT KEYS”.