Chronological Content Access Menu for Set Top Boxes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content access devices face challenges in efficiently presenting relevant content to users, as existing navigation systems do not adequately account for user behavior and chronological access patterns, leading to increased time and resource consumption in finding desired content.
Innovation Solution
A content access menu system that organizes selectable elements chronologically based on user access history, using a processing unit to determine content presentation based on accessed content assets, user behavior, and device-specific factors, such as location and communication medium, to provide tailored content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional navigation systems are used to present content to users, then all accessible content can be displayed, but users spend excessive time and resources finding desired content due to lack of personalization
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by monitoring and analyzing user behavior patterns in advance, building personalized profiles that predict user preferences. This allows the menu system to pre-organize content based on predicted user needs, reducing the time required for users to find desired content when they interact with the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The content access menu dynamically adapts its structure and content based on real-time user behavior monitoring. The system continuously updates user profiles and reorganizes menu elements according to evolving user preferences and access patterns, making the navigation system flexible and responsive to individual user needs rather than static.
2Adaptability or versatility
If content access menus are personalized based on user behavior, then content relevance improves, but system complexity increases due to monitoring and analysis requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The content access device performs multiple functions: it serves as both the content delivery platform and the behavior monitoring system. By integrating these functions into a single device rather than requiring separate monitoring systems, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining personalized content delivery capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors and analyzes its own usage data without requiring external monitoring infrastructure. The content access device self-gathers behavior information from its own operation logs and user interactions, eliminating the need for separate complex monitoring systems and enabling personalization through self-service data collection.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions and a processing unit that executes the instructions to present a group of selectable elements. Each of the selectable elements in the group corresponds to content assets accessed by a user. The group is ordered according to chronological access. Selection of a selectable element from the group provides access to content determined based on the respective content asset, an application used to access the respective content asset, and information regarding previous user behavior. The electronic device may be a content access device, such as a set top box, a digital video recorder, and so on.