DVR Sports Event Highlight Detection and Recording
Solution Overview
Problem
Users of digital video recorders (DVRs) face difficulties in locating sporting events of interest, automatically removing uninteresting events, receiving notifications for live game occurrences, and reducing recorded event playback to relevant sections.
Innovation Solution
Integration of sports information into DVRs, with enhancements to the electronic program guide, recording retention, user notification, and highlight generation components, allowing for dynamic updates, real-time notifications, and personalized recording management based on user preferences and inferred interests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional DVR recording methods are used, then all sporting events are recorded, but users cannot easily locate events of interest and cannot automatically remove uninteresting events
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors sporting event data sources (broadcast signals, web services, RSS feeds) for circumstances such as score changes, comebacks, and upsets. This feedback mechanism automatically identifies and notifies users of interesting events without requiring manual browsing, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The DVR system automatically manages recording content by identifying interesting sporting events through inferred user preferences and autonomously retaining or removing recordings based on event significance. This self-service capability eliminates the need for users to manually locate and manage each event, directly addressing the technical contradiction.
2Loss of information
If traditional DVR recording methods are used, then complete sporting events are stored, but users cannot receive notifications for live game occurrences
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback loops by monitoring multiple data sources (broadcast signals, web services, RSS feeds) for specific sporting event circumstances. When interesting events occur, the system automatically generates notifications to users, ensuring no important information is lost while managing complexity through automated detection algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The DVR system integrates multiple functions into a single platform: recording, monitoring, analyzing, and notifying users of sporting events. By making the system universal and multi-functional, it handles information loss prevention and notification delivery without proportionally increasing device complexity, as these functions share common infrastructure.
3Ease of operation
If traditional DVR recording methods are used, then all recorded events are kept, but users cannot easily reduce playback to relevant sections
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying and marking interesting segments of sporting events during recording based on monitored circumstances (score changes, comebacks, upsets). This preliminary tagging allows users to quickly jump to relevant sections during playback without manual searching, improving ease of operation and reducing review time.
Solution Approach 2:
The DVR automatically organizes and tags recorded sporting event segments based on inferred user preferences and event significance. This self-service organization enables users to efficiently navigate and review only relevant portions of recordings, directly addressing the technical contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.
4Adaptability or versatility
If enhanced sports-specific features are added to DVR, then user experience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enhances DVR adaptability by integrating sports-specific monitoring, EPG enhancement, and automatic recording management into the existing universal DVR platform. By making the system multi-functional and leveraging shared infrastructure, it improves sports event handling capabilities without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The enhanced DVR system uses self-service mechanisms to automatically monitor sporting events, infer user preferences, and manage recordings based on event significance. This automation reduces the need for complex manual configuration and management interfaces, allowing the system to adapt to sports-specific needs while keeping device complexity manageable through intelligent autonomy.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for enhanced presentation of sports audio video (A/V) content, the method includes: receiving a user's preferences for sports related electronic program guide (EPG) presentation, and sporting event viewing and recording; inferring additional user preferences from the user's actions and behavior; determining if a circumstance has occurred in the sporting events being monitored in the EPG, or in the process of being recorded or stored that will trigger a change in at least one of: the EPG, the recording of the sporting events, or the sporting events being stored; changing at least one of: the EPG, the recording of the sporting events, or the one or more sporting events being stored in response to the triggering circumstance; and wherein the determining if a circumstance has occurred is based on at least one of the following: A/V information contained in a broadcast signal, a web service, or a RSS.