Interactive Broadcast Program Enabler System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for user participation in interactive broadcast programs are limited by the need for separate applications, high communication costs, constraints in expandability and instantaneity, and inefficient management of program information, particularly in series production.

Innovation Solution

A program enabler service system that includes a program creator for formatting information, a program executor for executing the broadcast program, and a service connector for connecting communication services, utilizing existing mobile instant messenger services for user participation, allowing seamless interaction and management of interactive broadcast programs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If exclusive mobile applications are used for user participation, then user participation functionality is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to requiring separate application installations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser participation functionalityVSAvoidapplication installation requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the broadcast program execution and user participation communication functions into a single integrated system. The program executor directly accesses and utilizes existing mobile instant messenger services through the service connector, eliminating the need for separate exclusive applications. Users can participate in broadcast programs using their existing messenger applications, thus combining multiple functions without requiring additional software installations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs existing mobile instant messenger services that users already have installed for multiple purposes - both for general communication and for broadcast program participation. This universal approach allows the same messenger application to serve dual functions, reducing device complexity while maintaining user participation functionality across different broadcast programs.

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If SMS-MO system is used for user participation, then communication functionality is improved, but cost increases due to separate communication expenses

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication functionalityVSAvoidcommunication cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system leverages existing mobile instant messenger services that users already possess and pay for through their regular communication plans. Instead of charging users additional SMS-MO fees, the system allows users to utilize their existing messenger infrastructure for broadcast participation, making the service self-sufficient and eliminating extra communication costs for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Quantity of substance

If individual document management is used for program information, then information storage is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to degraded management efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation storage capacityVSAvoidmanagement efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the management of program information for multiple episodes into a unified structured format. Instead of separate individual documents for each episode, the system uses a standardized script format that can systematically organize and manage information across multiple episodes, improving retrieval and management efficiency while maintaining comprehensive information storage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Adaptability or versatility

If separate applications are used for program execution and communication, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogram execution capabilityVSAvoidsystem integration requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the program execution and communication functions into a single integrated architecture. The program executor is directly connected to existing mobile instant messenger services through the service connector, allowing both program delivery and user interaction to occur within the same system framework without requiring separate applications for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9774928B2System and method for producing and executing interactive broadcast program
Publication Date: 2017.09.26 KOREA ADVANCED INST OF SCI & TECH
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a system and method for producing and executing an interactive broadcast program. A program enabler service system providing an interactive service for allowing users to participate in a broadcast program includes: a program-generating unit providing a tool for receiving broadcast program-related information so as to generate information received through the tool in a script format for the broadcast program; a program-executing unit providing information to users participating in the broadcast program through a communication channel provided by the service enabler after reading the information generated in the script format by interacting with the broadcast program; and a service-connecting unit connecting a communication service platform of the service enabler to the program-executing unit.