Automatic Game Content Download System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of gaming consoles must repeatedly check for new game content, limiting their ability to discover and obtain new games, as they need to manually search and download each game individually, which can be time-consuming and inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
Implementing automatic downloading of game content, where users can enable automatic checks for new content matching specified criteria, adding it to a download queue, and transferring the content to the console, allowing for background downloads without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually check and download game content individually, then users can control what they download, but the process is time-consuming and limits user ability to discover new games
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically checks for new game content and performs downloads without requiring user intervention. The console autonomously queries the server for available content, evaluates it against user-defined criteria, and initiates downloads automatically, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user operation.
Solution Approach 2:
Users pre-configure their download criteria and preferences in advance. The system then uses these pre-set parameters to automatically evaluate and select game content for download, eliminating the need for users to manually check and decide on each piece of content when it becomes available.
2Productivity
If automatic downloading is implemented, then user experience is enhanced and time is saved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a unified automatic download system: content querying, criterion evaluation, download decision-making, and execution are merged into a single automated process. This integration reduces the need for separate manual operations and simplifies the user interface while maintaining sophisticated functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary automated download manager that acts between the user and the game content server. This intermediary handles the complexity of automatic content evaluation and download management, shielding the user from complex decisions while efficiently managing the download process based on pre-configured criteria.
3Measurement precision
If users specify detailed download criteria, then download precision is improved, but the setup process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows users to define different criteria for different types of game content or different priority levels. Rather than requiring a single complex set of criteria for all content, users can specify localized quality parameters for specific categories or types of downloads, making the configuration more manageable and intuitive.
Data Source
AI summary
Automatic downloading of game content to a game console is provided. A user enables automatic downloading, and thereafter, game content available from a game server is periodically checked to determine if any content matches criteria specified for downloading. If a match is found, and the user has not previously downloaded the content, or a previous version of the content, then the game content is added to a download queue. The content specified in the download queue is transferred to the game console.