Gear-Based UI for Media Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user interfaces for navigating media content require excessive navigation between pages, leading to information loss as users move from one page to another, making it inefficient to access and remember media listings and options.
Innovation Solution
A gear-based user interface is implemented, where multiple screens of information are displayed on a single screen, with gear shapes representing media identifiers and options, allowing users to rotate and update selections seamlessly, enabling comprehensive and efficient media content navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional page-based navigation is used, then users can access different media listings, but information from previous pages is lost during navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple pages of media information into a single continuous scrolling interface. Different media listings (e.g., channels, programs, details) that would traditionally require separate pages are merged into one unified view where users can scroll to access all information without losing context from previous sections.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical scrolling dimension to replace horizontal page navigation. Instead of moving between pages (horizontal navigation), users scroll vertically through a single continuous interface, adding a temporal dimension to information presentation while maintaining spatial continuity.
2Device complexity
If multiple pages are used to display media information, then comprehensive media listings can be provided, but navigation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple information sections into a single interface structure. Categories, media items, and detailed information that would traditionally be distributed across multiple pages are combined into one continuous scrolling view, reducing the number of navigational elements while preserving all information.
Solution Approach 2:
The single scrolling interface serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays category listings, individual media items, and detailed information in a unified structure. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate navigation systems for different types of content.
3Productivity
If users navigate between multiple pages, then they can access different media categories and details, but time required for navigation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous scrolling through all media information without interruption or page transitions. Users can scroll continuously from category listings through media items to detailed information in a single uninterrupted action, eliminating the start-stop nature of page-based navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The scrolling interface allows users to quickly skip through intermediate content by scrolling at variable speeds. Users can rapidly move through categories and listings to reach desired information faster, then slow down to review specific items of interest.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for generating a gear-based user interface for display are disclosed. A user equipment device may generate for display a first gear shape, a second gear shape, and a third gear shape. The first gear shape comprises a first plurality of media identifiers, where a first media identifier of the first plurality is selected. The second gear shape comprises a second plurality of media identifiers that are representative of a group indicated by the selected first media identifier, where a second media identifier is selected. The third gear shape comprises a third plurality of options for a media asset indicated by the selected second media identifier. Upon input indicating that the first gear shape is to be rotated, the second gear shape is rotated with the first gear shape based on the rotation of the first gear shape.