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Google TV search: dual-wielding search and discovery in a large-scale product

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Rich Gossweiler,

John Blackburn,

Andrea KnightAuthors Info & Claims

UXTV '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Designing interactive user experiences for TV and video

Pages 95 - 104

https://doi.org/10.1145/1453805.1453826

Published: 22 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

In 2006 Google designed and implemented a TV Show search system which featured a dual-navigation control combining a powerful search system with an interactive, personalize-able TV listings grid. The dual-control system allowed users to move fluidly between explicit search and general discovery, obtain detailed information without leaving the global context and construct a personal channel for easy access and recommendations. As a complete system, TV Search integrated with Google's general search page through a mini-listings onebox and also exported information out to Google calendar, Gmail and TiVo. Building this TV Search system as a large-scale product meant addressing many technological, business and fine-grained user experience details. This paper describes the design process including the early designs, the user studies and the details of the final system including the mini-guide, main page dual-control and the integrated services on the detail pages.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-010-0481-7

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Google TV search: dual-wielding search and discovery in a large-scale product
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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UXTV '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Designing interactive user experiences for TV and video

October 2008

210 pages

ISBN:9781605581002

DOI:10.1145/1453805

General Chair:
Michael J. Darnell
Microsoft TV, USA
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Program Chairs:
Judith Masthoff
University of Aberdeen, UK
,
Sheri Panabaker
Microsoft Live Labs, USA
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Marc Sullivan
AT&T Labs, USA
,
Artur Lugmayr
Tampere University of Technology, Finland

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Teixeira CMelo EFreitas GSantos CPimentel M(2012)Discrimination of media moments and media intervalsMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-011-0846-661:3(675-696)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-011-0846-6
Teixeira CMelo ECattelan RPimentel M(2010)Taking advantage of contextualized interactions while users watch TVMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-010-0481-750:3(587-607)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-010-0481-7

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