Broadcast Schedule Coordination for Cross-Time-Zone Chat Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Managers face difficulties in directly managing chat services across multiple content providers with varying broadcast times, making it inconvenient to schedule and coordinate chat services effectively.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method that automatically determines target content and time for chat services by analyzing broadcast schedules across different time zones, identifying content with high viewer ratings, and providing a chat service during a unified target time period, adjusting start and end times to a standard time system, and transmitting address information to terminal devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a manager directly manages chat services for multiple content providers with varying broadcast times, then the manager can control the chat service schedule, but the management complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of managing chat service scheduleVSAvoidcomplexity of managing multiple broadcast schedules

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic self-scheduling of chat services by having content providers input their own broadcast schedules, which are then automatically processed to generate unified chat service time periods without requiring manual manager intervention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system collects and stores broadcast schedule information from multiple content providers in advance, performs preliminary analysis to identify common time periods, and pre-generates chat service schedules before actual content delivery begins

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the manager manually decides chat service start and end times for each content, then the chat service can be precisely controlled, but the time and effort required for scheduling increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of scheduling chat servicesVSAvoidtime spent on scheduling decisions

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical scheduling process with an automated information processing system that collects broadcast schedules, analyzes time overlaps, and automatically generates chat service time periods using computer algorithms rather than human manual scheduling

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an automated scheduling intermediary that mediates between multiple content providers' broadcast schedules and the final chat service schedule, automatically identifying common time periods and coordinating schedules without requiring direct manager involvement in each scheduling decision

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If broadcast times are not unified across different content providers, then each provider can maintain their own schedule, but it becomes inconvenient for the manager to coordinate chat services

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility of broadcast schedulesVSAvoidease of coordinating chat services

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the scheduling process into independent steps: collecting individual broadcast schedules from each content provider, analyzing time overlaps, identifying common time periods, and generating unified chat service schedules, allowing each provider to maintain their own schedule while achieving coordination

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12513366B2Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

Publication Date: 2025.12.30 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

An electronic apparatus may include: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one memory. The at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a plurality of broadcast schedule information of different time zones; identify a plurality of broadcast times in which target content is broadcast among the plurality of broadcast schedule information; and provide a chat service for the target content during a target time period including the plurality of broadcast times.