Automatic Product Interface Addition via Broadcast Metadata

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in accessing and purchasing products showcased in television broadcasts without manual intervention, as they need to remember or search for products later, which can be distracting and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that automatically add products or their analogs to a device interface based on product metadata received from broadcast content, allowing users to access and purchase products without user intervention, while maintaining uninterrupted viewing for others.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual product search and addition is required, then user control and accuracy are improved, but user convenience and time efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of product accessVSAvoidtime for product search

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically extracting product information from broadcast content and adding it to the interface in advance, so that users can access products without manual search or intervention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system serves itself by automatically detecting products in broadcast content, extracting their metadata, and adding them to the shopping interface without requiring user intervention, making the system self-sufficient in product acquisition

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If automatic product addition is enabled, then user convenience is improved, but risk of unwanted additions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of product accessVSAvoidaccuracy of product selection

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback mechanisms including visual indicators during broadcast that show when products are being added, and allows users to review and remove unwanted items from their shopping list, creating a feedback loop that maintains reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system takes partial action by allowing users to selectively remove items from automatically added products, rather than requiring complete manual control, thus maintaining convenience while correcting errors

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Adaptability or versatility

If product metadata is extracted from broadcast content, then product availability is improved, but system complexity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct access capabilityVSAvoidcomplexity of automatic addition system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses an intermediary metadata structure that bridges broadcast content and shopping interface, with standardized fields for product information that simplifies the integration between different systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs universal metadata schemas and standardized data structures that can handle multiple product types and broadcast formats, making the system versatile without proportionally increasing complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11636495B2Method and apparatus for managing an interface of the apparatus

Publication Date: 2023.04.25 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

The disclosure refers to a method and a device for addition of products on an interface of a device. The method, as executed by the device, comprises receiving product-metadata and display-content, wherein the product-metadata represents at least one product to be displayed as part of the display-content. Further, an automatic addition of the at least one product or an analog thereof related to the product-metadata is enabled or triggered without a user-intervention on the interface provided on a device.