Content-Based Control System for Personal-Shared Device Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is limited integration and cooperation between personal devices and shared video devices, such as smartphones and televisions, which hinders personalized video content consumption experiences.
Innovation Solution
Personal devices can register or associate with shared video devices, enabling cooperative functions like content-based control, facial recognition, and personalized recommendations, allowing users to control and enhance their video consumption experience across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If personal devices and shared video devices operate independently, then each device maintains simple operation and control, but user experience and functionality are limited and fragmented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges personal devices (smartphones, tablets) with shared video devices (televisions, set-top boxes) through a content-based control system that enables seamless integration. The system combines the portability and personalization capabilities of mobile devices with the display and audio capabilities of shared video devices, creating a unified ecosystem that improves video content consumption experience while managing complexity through standardized communication protocols.
2Adaptability or versatility
If devices are integrated with multiple functions, then user experience and functionality are enhanced, but control and operation become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a content-based control system as an intermediary layer between personal devices and shared video devices. This mediator handles the complexity of device integration and coordination, providing simplified control mechanisms where users can manage video content consumption through intuitive interfaces on personal devices while the system automatically coordinates with shared video devices for playback control, notifications, and personalized recommendations.
Data Source
AI summary
Generally this disclosure describes a method for controlling the operation of a system based on a determination of content that is airing on a channel. A method may include transmitting at least one message including instructions to sample content from a channel, receiving a message indicating that certain content on the channel is complete, and activating a notification indicating that the certain content on the channel is complete. Another method may include receiving a message including instructions to sample content from a channel, sampling content from the channel, transmitting a message including the content sample, receiving a message comprising information related to the content sample, and determining whether certain content is complete on the channel based on the received information.