Multi-functional Display Channel Scan Interface for SNS Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-functional display devices face challenges in efficiently managing and controlling broadcast signals, particularly in transitioning from analog to digital broadcasting, and in integrating Social Network Services (SNS) seamlessly with broadcast content, leading to complex user interfaces and limited functionality.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional display device with a broadcast receiver that supports digital broadcasting and SNS integration, featuring a human channel service allowing users to assign social network addresses to channel numbers, enabling seamless content sharing and user-friendly interface management through a graphical user interface (GUI) for channel designation and content delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multi-functional display devices integrate digital broadcasting and SNS services, then functionality and adaptability are improved, but device complexity and interface complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display device integrates multiple functions including digital broadcasting reception, SNS service access, and channel scan operations within a single unified system. The controller manages diverse functionalities (broadcast tuning, social network communication, content sharing) through a common interface, allowing one device to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate systems for each function
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a channel scan interface that acts as an intermediary between traditional broadcast channel management and modern SNS-based content access. This interface layer unifies the control mechanism, allowing users to manage both broadcast channels and SNS content through a single standardized interface rather than dealing with multiple separate control systems
2Measurement precision
If analog broadcasting is transitioned to digital broadcasting, then measurement precision and reliability are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to complex channel management
Solution Approach 1:
The channel scan interface enables automatic channel management where the system performs self-service operations. The controller automatically scans for available channels, retrieves channel information, and organizes content without requiring manual user intervention for each channel setup, thereby maintaining ease of operation while achieving precise digital signal management
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary channel scanning and information retrieval operations in advance to prepare channel data for user access. By pre-organizing channel information and performing initial signal processing, the system reduces the operational complexity users would otherwise face when managing digital broadcast channels
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AI summary
A multi-functional display device having a channel scan interface and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The method may include registering a first individual at the multi-functional display device to create an account that is associated with at least one first social network service (SNS) account for the first individual. A menu may be displayed for selecting among a plurality of channel scan modes for scanning channels of the multi-functional display device, including a channel scan mode for broadcast content and SNS content. For channel scan mode for SNS content, information for at least one second SNS account for a second individual associated with the at least one first SNS account may be retrieved, and a channel number assigned to the at least one second SNS account.