Calendar Interface for Time-Limited Content Availability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content distribution systems fail to provide users with timely and limited-time content, lacking features to enhance user engagement and willingness to watch such content.
Innovation Solution
A storage medium and information processing device program that displays content on a calendar interface, allowing users to view and access content based on date-specific information, with features for determining accessible time periods and outputting content only when available, thereby increasing the perceived value and rarity of limited-time offers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If content is displayed on a calendar screen with date information, then users can grasp timely content at a glance, but the system cannot provide limited-time content with urgency
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of content availability by introducing expiration time information. Content items are marked with expiration times, and the system dynamically adjusts content availability based on the current time relative to expiration times. This enables the system to provide both timely content awareness and limited-time urgency through parameter modification.
Solution Approach 2:
The calendar screen dynamically updates content availability status based on the current time. Content transitions from available to expired automatically over time, creating a dynamic system that adapts to time-sensitive requirements. This dynamic behavior allows the system to handle both immediate content access and time-limited offers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If content is made available only for specific time periods, then rarity and premium value increase, but user access is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages content availability without requiring manual user intervention. Content items self-manage their availability status through expiration time parameters, automatically becoming inaccessible when expired. This self-service mechanism simplifies user interaction while maintaining controlled availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-setting expiration times for content items before they are accessed. This advance preparation enables automatic time-based access control without requiring real-time user input or complex authentication processes, balancing restriction with ease of use.
3Loss of information
If the calendar screen displays all content information, then users have complete information, but the interface becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments content information into hierarchical levels. The calendar screen displays summarized content items with key attributes (title, expiration time), while detailed information is available on demand through expansion or selection. This segmentation maintains information completeness while preventing interface clutter.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial action by displaying only the essential information needed for immediate decision-making on the calendar screen (content title and expiration status), while omitting redundant details. Additional information is provided only when users actively request it, reducing perceived complexity without losing necessary information.
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AI summary
A CPU of a game device has a weekly calendar screen displayed. In this calendar screen, dates in one week are displayed separately. In the calendar screen, a content display field is provided, in which a thumbnail image or the like of a content brought in correspondence with each day is displayed. A time and day of start of availability and a time and day of end of availability are determined for each content such as a motion picture, and downloading of the content by a user is permitted during a period from the time and day of start of availability to the time and day of end of availability.