Content Display Grouping via Favorite Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying content information on digital platforms, such as IPTV, lack efficient organization and visualization of content types and provider information, making it difficult for users to manage and access preferred content.
Innovation Solution
A method for creating and displaying favorite groups of content, allowing users to categorize and register content based on types, providers, and characteristics, using visual indicators like images and colors to represent group membership, enabling easy selection and management of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content information is displayed without organization, then all content is visible, but user experience deteriorates due to difficulty in finding desired content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content information by introducing favorite groups that categorize content based on types, providers, and characteristics. This segmentation allows users to divide large amounts of content into manageable groups, making it easier to locate desired content without losing information about content attributes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to content display by showing favorite group images alongside content information. This dimensional addition provides visual cues about content categorization without hiding any content details, resolving the contradiction between visibility and organization.
2Loss of information
If detailed content information is displayed, then information completeness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded favorite group images to provide visual shortcuts for content categorization. Users can quickly identify content types through color cues without reading detailed descriptions, reducing information overload while maintaining complete content information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates visual copies of content categorization through favorite group images that represent content attributes. These visual copies serve as quick-reference indicators that help users navigate content without needing to process all detailed information simultaneously.
3Productivity
If content is not grouped by favorites, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity deteriorates due to time spent searching for content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by automatically creating favorite groups based on content types, providers, and characteristics before users need to access content. This pre-organization accelerates content access speed while the system handles the complexity of group management automatically, minimizing the burden on users.
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AI summary
A method for displaying contents information is provided. In the method, information on each of a plurality of contents may be displayed, and an image for a favorite group registered with the contents may be displayed in correspondence with the displayed contents information. The favorite group image may be displayed as one of a plurality of images. Further, one of the images may indicate that the contents are registered in two or more favorite groups.