Broadcast Comment Integration via Tag-Based Search

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies lack an innovative method to enhance the viewing experience for viewers watching a broadcast program by effectively displaying comments from a posting site, failing to integrate real-time viewer feedback and social interaction into the viewing experience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquires image information of broadcast programs and viewer comments using tags as search keys, allowing the display of comments related to a specific program across different broadcasting stations, providing an integrated and interactive viewing experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If comments from multiple broadcasting stations are integrated into the display, then viewer engagement and interactivity are improved, but the complexity of the information processing system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewer engagementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The information processing apparatus is designed to handle multiple broadcasting stations through a unified system architecture. The comment acquisition unit can retrieve comments from any broadcasting station, and the display processing unit can integrate these comments with program images from different stations, making the system multi-functional and adaptable to various broadcasting scenarios without requiring separate processing systems for each station.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary comment acquisition unit that serves as a mediator between the broadcasting stations and the display processing unit. This intermediary component centrally manages the acquisition and processing of comments from multiple stations, reducing the complexity at individual processing points while enabling integrated display of comments across different broadcasting sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If real-time comments from multiple sources are displayed simultaneously, then the viewing experience becomes more interactive, but the display processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteractive viewing experienceVSAvoiddisplay processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display processing unit segments the display of comments by broadcasting station, organizing them into distinct visual groups. This segmentation allows real-time comments from multiple stations to be displayed simultaneously while maintaining clear visual separation, reducing processing complexity through structured organization and enabling the system to handle multiple sources without creating visual clutter or processing bottlenecks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If comments are grouped by tags from different broadcasting stations, then the ability to discover popular programs improves, but the difficulty of organizing and processing comments increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogram discovery capabilityVSAvoidcomment organization complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses tag-based classification as a parameter change mechanism to organize comments. By transforming comments into structured data with tags as key parameters, the system can efficiently group and filter comments from different broadcasting stations, enabling program discovery through tag-based search while simplifying the organization process through standardized parameter handling rather than complex manual sorting algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2456225B1Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Publication Date: 2018.04.04 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

An information apparatus (11) is provided with: a comment processing unit (402) that acquires, from an external posting site, a comment of a viewer by using a tag as a search key, the comment is a viewer's feedback on the content of a program being viewed and related to a tag for grouping with other comments; and a display processing unit (78) that generates data to be displayed on a screen, the data include image of a program being broadcast by a first broadcasting station and at least one comment for a program being broadcast by a second broadcasting station different from the first broadcasting station.