Interactive TV Script Generator Automates Header Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current script generating techniques for interactive television standards are inefficient, leading to 'header file hell' due to inconsistent naming conventions and verbose code, making it difficult for programmers to write and maintain scripts, and are prone to errors and redundancy.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that retrieves header files, breaks down code strings, and automatically selects suitable data types using the 'typedef' keyword to generate scripts conforming to interactive television standards, allowing for conversion between verbose and standard forms, facilitating easier code understanding and modification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If programmers manually write and maintain scripts for interactive television standards, then code can be customized and understood by humans, but development time increases and errors are more likely
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating standardized scripts from header files before programmers need to use them. The script generation process pre-processes the code, breaking it into substrings and selecting appropriate data types, so that programmers receive ready-to-use, error-free scripts that require minimal manual modification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary script generation system that acts as a mediator between header files and final executable scripts. This intermediary automatically processes header files, applies naming conventions, and generates standardized scripts, thereby reducing both development time and errors by eliminating manual script writing while maintaining code quality.
2Ease of operation
If standardized naming conventions are enforced in scripts, then code consistency and understandability improve, but flexibility in coding styles is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes parameters by automatically applying standardized naming conventions to script variables and functions. The script generation process transforms header file parameters into standardized script parameters, ensuring consistency and understandability while maintaining the underlying functionality and adaptability of the code.
3Ease of operation
If verbose code is used for better readability, then human understanding improves, but code length and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by breaking down header files into smaller substrings that can be independently processed and transformed into standardized scripts. This segmentation allows the system to manage code complexity while maintaining readability through systematic processing of code segments.
4Productivity
If manual code rewriting is performed to adapt templates to new projects, then code reusability is achieved, but time consumption increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically generating scripts from header files without requiring manual rewriting. The script generation process serves itself by taking header files as input and producing ready-to-use standardized scripts, eliminating the need for programmers to manually adapt templates and significantly reducing time consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for generating a script conforming with the interactive television standard for embedment in an entertainment device includes retrieving a header file containing definitions of functions present in the interactive television standard. A code file includes a string that does not conform to the interactive television standard for code. The string is broken into substrings based on the presence of the “;” character. In substrings with a “typedef” keyword, a data type is selected based upon occurring immediately succeeding the “typedef” keyword up to the “;” character and creating variables with values representative of the data type. Automatically selecting from a plurality of strings in the header, a suitable string in accord with the variables creates resulting substring in a form acceptable according to the interactive television standard. The resulting code is stored in a memory storage for execution by the entertainment device.