Dynamic Media Navigation Skipping Logic for Limited Input Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in navigating and selecting media content on devices with limited user input interfaces, such as smartphones, which lack alphanumeric keypads and specialized inputs found on traditional remote controls.
Innovation Solution
A media guidance application that performs different operations in response to the same user input, allowing users to quickly scroll through media content by dynamically determining the number of content sources to skip based on the total number of content sources, their order, the navigation direction, and prior user inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional remote control with alphanumeric keypad is used, then navigation efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the navigation functionality from the physical keypad and implements it through software-based dynamic skipping mechanisms. The media guidance application analyzes content metadata and user preferences to automatically skip irrelevant content, removing the need for complex physical input interfaces while maintaining navigation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service navigation by automatically determining which content to skip based on embedded metadata and user profiles. The application independently analyzes content attributes, user preferences, and viewing history to make navigation decisions without requiring complex user input, thereby simplifying the input interface while maintaining productivity.
2Speed
If dynamic skipping based on multiple factors is implemented, then navigation speed is improved, but computational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-processing content metadata and user preferences during content ingestion and profile setup phases. This pre-computation creates ready-to-use navigation rules that can be quickly applied during content navigation, achieving high navigation speed without real-time computational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters dynamically by adjusting skip decisions based on multiple factors including content metadata attributes, user preferences, and viewing context. These parameter changes are based on pre-established rules rather than complex real-time calculations, enabling fast navigation while managing processing complexity through rule-based decision making.
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AI summary
Methods and systems are discussed herein for improving the efficiency and ease of navigating and selecting media content without the need for additional keys, buttons, or other inputs. For example, in response to the same user input, the media guidance application may determine different numbers of content sources to skip, in a dynamic fashion, based on the total number of content sources, the order of the content sources, the direction a user wishes to navigate, and/or prior user inputs related to navigating the content sources.