DLNA Integrated User Interface Layered Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current DLNA service applications require users to navigate through multiple pages to perform 3-Box scenarios, leading to a non-intuitive user interface experience and potential loss of previous selections when switching between pages.
Innovation Solution
A DLNA device with a user interface featuring a main layer for media content selection, a pull-down or pop-up sublayer for media server selection, and another sublayer for media player selection, allowing all DLNA service scenarios to be performed through integrated processes without separate differentiation, using a controller to manage communication and user input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate through multiple separate pages to perform 3-Box scenarios, then device complexity is reduced, but user interface intuitiveness and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate interface pages (media server selection, media content selection, media player selection) into a single integrated user interface. This allows users to perform 3-Box scenarios without navigating through multiple pages, eliminating the risk of losing previous selections and providing a more intuitive experience. The integrated interface displays all selection options simultaneously on one screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a layered dimension to the user interface, where different selection options (media server, media content, media player) are organized as distinct layers within a single interface. This allows complex multi-step selections to be presented in a unified spatial arrangement rather than requiring sequential page navigation, effectively adding a organizational dimension that resolves the contradiction between simplicity and comprehensiveness.
2Loss of information
If separate pages are used for media server selection, media content selection, and media player selection, then information display clarity is improved, but loss of previous selections when switching pages occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges all selection interfaces into a single continuous user interface that maintains user selections across all selection types. Users can select media server, media content, and media player options without navigating away, ensuring that previous selections are preserved throughout the entire selection process.
3Area of stationary object
If fixed frame areas are used to arrange individual active screens, then interface structure is simplified, but sufficient screen area for content selection is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reorganizes the interface layout by introducing a layered structure within the available screen space. Instead of using fixed frame areas that limit content display, the interface arranges media server selection, media content selection, and media player selection as overlapping or adjacent layers that utilize the full screen area efficiently, providing both sufficient display space and structured organization.
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AI summary
A DLNA device for performing a DLNA service scenario, comprises a display unit, an input unit, a communicator and a controller. The display unit is configured to display a user interface for performing the DLNA service scenario. The input unit is configured to receive, from a user, an operational instruction for the user interface. The communicator is configured to communicate with a DLNA network. The controller is configured to control the user interface displayed on the display unit and control the communicator. The user interface is configured to include a main layer providing an interface for media content selection, a first sublayer providing an interface for media server selection, and a second sublayer providing an interface for media player selection. The first sublayer and the second sublayer are displayed temporarily on at least a portion of the main layer according to the operational instruction.