Centralized List Display for Multi-Device Recorded Content Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Viewers face inconvenience when trying to access and manage recorded programs stored across multiple recording devices, as they need to operate each device separately, especially for series programs broadcast weekly across different devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that acquires recording information from multiple devices, classifies content, determines group names, and displays these names in a centralized list on a user interface without distinguishing the storage device, allowing for unified management of recorded programs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If recorded contents are stored in multiple recording apparatus, then the quantity of recorded programs increases, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users must operate each apparatus separately to access and manage programs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the recording information from multiple recording apparatus into a single centralized list displayed on the user interface. The list displaying unit presents recorded contents from all recording apparatus in one unified view, allowing users to access and manage programs without operating each apparatus separately. This combining of dispersed recording information resolves the contradiction by maintaining the quantity of recorded programs while significantly improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If recorded contents are distributed across multiple recording apparatus, then the adaptability of the system increases, but the device complexity increases making it difficult for users to search and access content
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface acts as an intermediary between the user and the multiple recording apparatus. The list displaying unit mediates the complexity by presenting a unified, simplified view of recorded contents from all apparatus without requiring users to navigate through each device individually. This intermediary layer maintains the adaptability of having multiple recording apparatus while hiding the complexity from the user, allowing easy search and access to content across all devices.
3Reliability
If users search for recorded contents in order across multiple apparatus, then the completeness of search increases, but the loss of time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-acquiring and pre-organizing recording information from all recording apparatus into a centralized list structure. This preliminary organization of data allows users to access recorded contents through a single unified list rather than sequentially searching through multiple apparatus. The time loss is significantly reduced while maintaining complete search coverage because the centralized list presents all recorded contents in one view, eliminating the need for time-consuming sequential searches across multiple devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A recording information acquisition unit 626 acquires recording information of a plurality of recorded contents having programs recorded therein and stored in the information processing apparatus or in any of a plurality of recording apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus through a network. A content classification unit 628 classifies the recorded contents into groups based on the recording information acquired by the recording information acquisition unit 626. A group name determination unit 630 determines, for each of the groups of the recorded contents classified by the content classification unit 628, a title of the group. A list displaying unit 632 displays the group names determined by the group name determination unit 630 in a list on a user interface without distinguishing the apparatus in which the recorded contents are stored.