Adaptive Picture-in-Picture Resizing for Important Live Events

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing media systems fail to adjust the size of content on a display based on the relative importance of the content, leading to users missing important events in smaller picture-in-picture windows during live broadcasts.

Innovation Solution

A media guidance application that determines the relative importance of events in live and catch-up media by analyzing user profiles and event significance, adjusting the size of the display windows accordingly to prioritize more important content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If a small picture-in-picture window is used to display replay content, then the live video is minimally obscured and more content can be displayed simultaneously, but important content in the small window may be missed by users

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay area of replay contentVSAvoiduser awareness of important events

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the size of the picture-in-picture window based on the importance of the event being displayed. When an important event is detected in the replay content, the window size increases to make the content more prominent and less likely to be missed by the user. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to maintain small window size for normal content while expanding it when importance is detected.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of window size based on event importance. By monitoring event characteristics and comparing them against thresholds or learned patterns, the system adjusts the display parameter (window size) accordingly. This allows important events to be displayed with greater prominence while maintaining the ability to show multiple content streams simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If the replay content is displayed in a small picture-in-picture window, then more content can be displayed at once, but the user cannot focus on the replay content when it is more important

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveamount of content displayed simultaneouslyVSAvoiduser focus on important content

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from event analysis to adjust the display. By continuously monitoring the replay content for important events and comparing them against user profiles or event importance thresholds, the system receives feedback about what should be emphasized and adjusts the window size accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to balance content quantity with user focus requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the media guidance application analyzes user profiles and event significance to determine importance, then content size can be adjusted to prioritize relevant content, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent prioritization based on user preferencesVSAvoidmedia guidance application complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user profiles and event characteristics before displaying content. By pre-processing user preferences, viewing history, and event metadata to identify important events in advance, the system can proactively adjust content display without requiring complex real-time decision-making. This preliminary action reduces the computational burden during actual content delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses self-service mechanisms where the media guidance application automatically analyzes user profiles and event importance without requiring explicit user input or manual configuration. The system learns from viewing patterns and event characteristics to autonomously determine content importance and adjust display accordingly, reducing the need for complex user interaction while maintaining high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12495122B2Systems and methods for resizing content based on a relative importance of the content

Publication Date: 2025.12.09 ADEIA GUIDES INC

AI summary

Systems and methods are described herein for providing a media guidance application that resizes content based on a relative importance of the content. For example, a display may have first and second content generated for display. If the first content is more important to a user than the second content, a size of the first content will be increased with respect to a size of the second content on the display. If the second content is more important to the user than the first content, then a size of the second content will be increased with respect to a size of the first content on the display.