Controller-Based Enhanced Content Search System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face a tedious and time-consuming process when searching for related content across vast digital media libraries, as they must manually navigate through multiple platforms and sources to find relevant information, often unaware of the content providers they have access to.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a controller with an internet interface to receive electronic program guide data, search external content sources for related information, and display it on a secondary display, automatically acquiring and presenting enhanced content related to the primary content being accessed, using characteristic data to identify relationships and dynamically locate relevant content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a user manually searches for related content by actively executing a web browser and accessing multiple content providers, then the user can locate specific content of interest, but the process becomes time-consuming and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-fetches and stores related content information from multiple content providers in advance, so that when a user views content, the related information is already available for immediate display, eliminating the need for real-time manual searching
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs the search and retrieval of related content without requiring user intervention. The controller autonomously queries multiple content providers, processes the information, and presents it to the user, making the system serve itself rather than requiring manual user operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If a user manually navigates through multiple content providers to find related content, then comprehensive content can be located, but the operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the functions of multiple content providers into a single unified interface. The controller automatically queries and aggregates content from multiple sources, presenting it through one simple user interaction point, thereby maintaining comprehensive content coverage while simplifying the user experience
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple content providers. It handles all the complexity of communicating with various content sources, processing and standardizing the information, then presenting it to the user in a uniform, easy-to-navigate format
3Productivity
If the system automatically searches external content sources for related content, then the time and effort required is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as the user interface controller and as the content search and retrieval engine. By making the controller universal, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated hardware components for each function, thereby managing complexity while achieving automatic content retrieval
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AI summary
A method and system including a controller with an internet interface of providing enhanced content is provided. The controller receives an electronic program guide data and retrieves at least one characteristic identifying a program currently being displayed on a primary display device within the electronic program guide. At least one external content source is searched using the internet interface for information related to the program based on the at least one characteristic and the information related to the program obtained during the search is stored into a memory. The information stored in the memory and related to the first program is displayed by a user interface display processor on a second display.