Broadcasting Receiver Channel Data UI Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional broadcasting receiving apparatuses display a default data broadcasting UI as the initial screen, requiring users to search through categories to find information on the currently-viewed broadcasting channel, which is inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

A broadcasting receiving apparatus that generates a channel data broadcasting UI based on the service information of the tuned broadcasting channel, allowing users to select between a default UI and a UI specific to the current channel, using a receiver, UI generator, and controller to display relevant data broadcasting items.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a default data broadcasting UI is displayed as the initial screen, then the UI structure is simple and standardized, but users cannot directly access information on the currently-viewed broadcasting channel

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveUser accessibility to broadcasting informationVSAvoidUI structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic UI that automatically adapts based on the currently-viewed broadcasting channel. The controller detects whether data broadcasting is received and generates appropriate UIs (channel-specific UI or default UI) accordingly. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain simplicity when data broadcasting is unavailable while providing direct channel information access when data broadcasting is available, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by creating channel-specific UIs that are tailored to the currently-viewed broadcasting channel when data broadcasting is received. Instead of using a uniform default UI for all channels, the system generates localized UIs that include information specific to the current channel (such as program details, related data broadcasting items), thereby improving user accessibility without requiring complex navigation through categories.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If a default data broadcasting UI is displayed for all channels, then the UI generation process is simple, but users must search through categories to find current channel information

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveInformation retrieval efficiencyVSAvoidUI generation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by having the controller detect and process data broadcasting information in advance before the user needs to access it. When data broadcasting is received, the controller proactively generates channel-specific UIs that include relevant information, so that when users access the UI, the information is already organized and ready for direct viewing, eliminating the need for users to search through categories.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting whether data broadcasting is received and autonomously generating appropriate UIs without requiring user intervention. The controller monitors the broadcasting signal, detects data broadcasting presence, and automatically selects between generating a channel-specific UI or using the default UI, thereby improving information retrieval efficiency while keeping the UI generation process manageable through automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If channel-specific data broadcasting UIs are generated for all channels, then users can directly access current channel information, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveDirect access to broadcasting informationVSAvoidSystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses dynamics by making the UI generation process adaptive rather than static. The controller dynamically determines whether to generate a channel-specific UI or use the default UI based on real-time detection of data broadcasting availability. This dynamic approach allows the system to provide direct channel information access when data broadcasting is available (improving ease of operation) while avoiding the complexity of generating UIs for all channels when data broadcasting is not available.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the UI generation parameters based on the detection results. When data broadcasting is detected, the system changes the UI generation parameter to create channel-specific UIs with relevant information. When data broadcasting is not detected, the system changes the parameter to use the default UI. This parameter-based approach enables the system to provide direct channel information access only when necessary, managing system complexity through conditional parameter adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9021525B2Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2015.04.28 ALSTOM TECH LTD
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AI summary

There is provided a broadcasting receiving apparatus. The broadcasting receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal of a broadcasting channel; a UI generator which generates a data broadcasting UI; and a controller which controls the UI generator to generate a channel data broadcasting UI including a data broadcasting item corresponding to broadcasting contents of a tuned broadcasting channel if data broadcasting is received through the receiver.