Digital Audio Broadcasting Reception Page Continuity

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Solution Overview

Problem

In digital audio broadcasting, when the reception state deteriorates, users are forced to navigate back to previously viewed pages after service linking to another broadcasting station, causing inconvenience due to the display of the top page instead of the previously viewed page.

Innovation Solution

A digital audio broadcasting reception apparatus and method that stores information on viewed pages and displays the same page after service linking, ensuring continuity and reducing user discomfort by maintaining the previously viewed page display during the linking process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If service linking is performed to another broadcasting station when reception state deteriorates, then service continuity is maintained, but the user is redirected to the top page requiring re-navigation to the previously viewed page

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice continuityVSAvoiduser operation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The invention stores the currently viewed page information before service linking occurs. When service linking is performed, the stored page information is retrieved and displayed at the linking destination, eliminating the need for user re-navigation. This preliminary storage action ensures that the user's viewing position is preserved across service transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If service linking is performed to another broadcasting station, then reception availability is improved, but display continuity is interrupted requiring user navigation operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereception availabilityVSAvoiduser navigation time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-stores page information before service linking occurs. When linking to another broadcasting station, the stored page information is immediately retrieved and displayed, eliminating the time users would otherwise spend navigating from the top page to their previously viewed location.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If service linking is performed to another broadcasting station, then service availability is maintained, but user experience is degraded due to blank screen and re-navigation requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice availabilityVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

By storing the currently viewed page information before service linking, the system ensures that the user's viewing position is preserved when transitioning to another broadcasting station. This eliminates the degraded user experience caused by blank screens and mandatory re-navigation operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP2360860B1Digital audio broadcasting reception apparatus and digital audio broadcasting reception method
Publication Date: 2019.10.23 ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

The digital audio broadcasting reception apparatus (100) which receives broadcasting waves generated by multiplexing audio services and data services including a broadcasting website (BWS) includes a display unit (7), a tuner (2), and a controller (5) which detects a reception state of a broadcasting signal being received. When a level of the reception state of the broadcasting signal becomes lower than a predetermined level, the controller (5) receives an ensemble which is different from an ensemble being broadcasting a BWS being received but which is broadcasting the same service and displays a page the same as a page being viewed in a display unit (7). The controller (5) stores information on the BWS page of the received data service in a storage unit (8), configures the same page with reference to the information on the BWS page, and outputs the page to a screen of the display unit (7).