Adaptive Native GUI Rendering for Portable Media Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote controls for media devices are simplistic and not user-friendly, particularly when navigating content through text entry or mirroring media displays across different devices, which results in poor representation and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The system involves a media device transmitting information and semantic data to a client device, allowing it to render a native user interface tailored to its form factor, enabling users to control media devices using portable electronic devices like smartphones or tablets, which can decode and interpret semantic information to display content efficiently and effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If display mirroring is used to show content on a portable device, then the content can be viewed on a smaller screen, but the content representation becomes poor and indecipherable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adapting the user interface layout and content presentation to match the specific form factor and display characteristics of each portable device. The system determines the appropriate number, size, and arrangement of icons based on the device's display area, ensuring content remains decipherable whether viewed on a small smartphone screen or larger tablet display.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the user interface configuration based on the detected portable device type. When a device is detected, the system modifies icon density, menu structure, and navigation patterns in real-time to optimize for that specific form factor, transitioning from a static TV remote interface to a dynamic adaptive interface.
2Device complexity
If a simplistic remote control interface is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation for modern content browsing is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by replicating the rich graphical user interface and navigation capabilities of smart televisions onto portable devices. Instead of using a simplified button interface, the system copies the full-featured TV interface (with icons, menus, and visual navigation) and adapts it to work on smartphones and tablets, providing familiar and efficient content browsing without requiring users to learn a new simplified control scheme.
3Device complexity
If the same user interface is displayed on all devices, then the system complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different form factors is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the user interface rendering into device-specific configurations. Rather than using a single universal interface design, the patent divides the interface into adaptable components (icon grids, menu structures, navigation patterns) that can be independently configured for each portable device type, allowing optimal adaptation to different form factors without requiring complete interface redesigns.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology relates to receiving media signals from a media device and rendering a user interface that is native to the device receiving the media signals based on information encoded in the media signals. The device receiving the media signal interprets information received from the media device describing media content and semantic information describing a type of interface page, and displays the content based on the semantic information in a graphical user interface (GUI) on the electronic device based on the interpretation.