Digital Device Cloud-Based Recommended Content Page Update

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Solution Overview

Problem

Digital devices struggle to provide users with an optimized and updated recommended content page that incorporates user viewing history and diverse supplemental data in a user-friendly manner, especially with the convergence of standing and mobile devices increasing user expectations for high-quality services.

Innovation Solution

A digital device system that periodically updates a recommended content page by receiving and displaying the most recent data from a cloud server, using a receiving unit, communication module, and display module to provide thumbnail images and supplemental content information, allowing users to intuitively recognize content and access diverse content types.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the recommended content page is updated frequently to incorporate user viewing history and supplemental data, then the service quality and user experience are improved, but the device complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary to handle complex data processing, viewing history storage, and content recommendation generation. The digital device itself remains relatively simple,主要负责 receiving and displaying content, while the cloud server performs the computationally intensive tasks of analyzing user behavior and generating personalized recommendations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system is segmented into multiple components: the digital device for display and user interaction, the cloud server for data processing and analysis, and various modules within the server for specific functions (viewing history analysis, supplemental data retrieval, etc.). This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific tasks, improving overall system efficiency while keeping individual components manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If diverse supplemental data and viewing history are integrated into the recommended content page, then the personalization and user experience are enhanced, but the information processing time and data transmission requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovepersonalizationVSAvoidinformation processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The cloud server pre-processes viewing history data and supplemental information in advance, organizing and structuring it before it is needed for generating recommendations. This preliminary action reduces the processing time required when actually generating the personalized content page, as the data is already prepared and readily available for quick retrieval and display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously updates and maintains viewing history data and supplemental information in the cloud server, ensuring that the data is always current and ready for immediate use. This continuous data maintenance eliminates the need for time-consuming data collection and processing at the moment of recommendation generation, allowing for rapid personalization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of operation

If thumbnail images and supplemental content information are displayed on the recommended content page, then the content recognition and user understanding are improved, but the display area requirements and data transmission volume increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent recognitionVSAvoiddisplay area
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different display qualities and levels of detail to different parts of the recommended content page. Thumbnail images are displayed in optimized sizes appropriate for their function, while supplemental information is presented in a structured manner that prioritizes important details. This local optimization ensures that each element contributes effectively to content recognition without unnecessarily consuming display space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from a purely two-dimensional display to incorporating multiple dimensions of information presentation, including visual thumbnails, text descriptions, and potentially interactive elements. By utilizing different dimensions and formats of information display, the system enhances content recognition while managing display space more efficiently through multi-dimensional information organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS9794616B2Digital device and method for controlling the same
Publication Date: 2017.10.17 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A method of controlling a digital television, the method includes displaying content or application being executed on a display screen of the digital television, receiving a first signal requesting a menu to be displayed, and displaying the requested menu, overlaid on the display screen, wherein the menu includes a first part and a second part, wherein the first part displays at least one menu item corresponding to previously displayed content or previously executed application, and wherein the second part displays at least one menu item corresponding to content or an application executable in the digital television.