Image Display Device Content Management via Unified Metadata Lists
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing contents from various sources connected to image display devices via wired/wireless networks lack efficiency in organizing and displaying metadata, leading to user inconvenience in accessing and sharing content across different devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for efficiently managing contents by obtaining and displaying metadata from multiple sources, organizing content lists based on classified items, and enabling seamless sharing across devices using a network interface unit, storage unit, and control unit within the image display device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If contents from multiple sources are managed separately, then each source can be accessed independently, but the overall management efficiency and user convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges contents management from multiple sources into a unified interface. The image display device obtains contents information from multiple contents sources and displays them in a consolidated list, allowing users to manage and access contents from different sources through a single interface rather than separate interfaces for each source.
Solution Approach 2:
The image display device is designed with universal functionality to handle contents from various sources. It can obtain, store, and display contents information from multiple different contents sources, making the device capable of managing diverse content types and sources through a single multi-functional system.
2Loss of time
If metadata is displayed separately from content lists, then detailed information can be accessed, but the time required to locate and access metadata increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges metadata display with content list display. The image display device displays both contents information and corresponding metadata in an integrated manner, allowing users to view both the content list and its metadata simultaneously without needing to switch between separate displays or perform additional search operations.
3Ease of operation
If contents sharing requires additional search processes, then content can be accurately identified, but the ease of sharing across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-obtaining and storing contents information from multiple sources in advance. The image display device proactively obtains contents information and stores it in a contents list, so when sharing is needed, the content is already identified and ready for sharing without requiring additional search processes at the moment of sharing.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a method of managing the contents and an image display device using the same. The method includes: obtaining contents information on each of a plurality of contents sources; displaying the obtained contents information on one screen as a plurality of lists that are differently configured according a plurality of classified items; and receiving meta information on at least one content in the contents lists and displaying the received meta information in correspondence to the content.