Content Access Peripheral Personalized Content Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web keys are limited in their ability to facilitate access to specific, personalized content, as they primarily function to launch websites rather than direct users to user-specific or object-specific content.
Innovation Solution
The development of a Content Access Peripheral (CAP) that includes non-volatile memory, host device interface circuitry, and control logic, allowing it to associate and retrieve user/object/product-specific content by emulating an input device, such as a keyboard, and transmitting identifiers to a server to access and present relevant content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If web keys are used to launch websites, then website access is facilitated, but access to specific personalized content is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the web key functionality into two distinct identifiers: a first identifier for the website URL and a second identifier for personalized content. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simple website launching while adding personalized content access capability, resolving the contradiction between versatility and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds another dimension to the web key by introducing a second identifier that points to personalized content stored on a server. This dimensional expansion transforms the single-purpose website launcher into a multi-functional device that can access both the website and user-specific content, thereby improving adaptability without complicating the user experience.
2Adaptability or versatility
If web keys store only website URLs, then device complexity is minimized, but personalized content delivery is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the stored data into two distinct identifiers within the memory structure: a first identifier for the website URL and a second identifier for personalized content. This segmentation enables personalized content delivery while maintaining a relatively simple memory structure, as the additional capability is achieved through data organization rather than complex hardware modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling the web key to store and transmit both website URL information and personalized content identifiers. The same basic web key hardware structure serves multiple purposes: launching websites and accessing personalized content, thereby achieving adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Reliability
If web keys directly access content, then system complexity is reduced, but reliable content association is difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the web key and the personalized content storage. The server receives the second identifier from the web key, retrieves the corresponding personalized content, and delivers it to the user. This intermediary approach improves content association accuracy by providing centralized control over content retrieval, while the communication protocol remains relatively simple as it primarily involves transmitting identifiers.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatuses and systems for facilitating access to online content, including personalized content. A content access peripheral (CAP) may be provided, such that the CAP may be operated in conjunction with a host computing platform (e.g. host device) in order to facilitate and/or expedite access to online content residing/stored on a computer server connected to the Internet or to another distributed data network. The CAP may initially be associated with specific content(s) residing/stored on the computer server connected to the Internet or to another distributed data network by a CAP to content correlator.