Google TV Search: Dual-Wielding Search and Discovery in a Large-Scale Product
Venue
UXTV 2008
Publication Year
2008
Authors
Manish Patel, Rich Gossweiler, Mehran Sahami, John Blackburn, David Brown, Andrea Knight
BibTeX
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.
