IoT Notification Interface for TV Picture-in-Picture Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users with multiple IoT devices often face the challenge of managing and displaying notifications from these devices separately, as network-connected television devices primarily serve as media display units and lack the capability to integrate IoT notifications effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a standardized interface (API) to receive and serve IoT device notifications on network-connected television devices based on configuration information, including rules for delivery actions such as type of device, notification severity, time, user availability, and television device status, allowing notifications to be displayed in a secondary screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If IoT device notifications are displayed on network-connected television devices, then users can receive important information centrally, but notifications may disrupt primary media consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The notification is displayed within a nested window or overlay on the television screen, allowing the notification to be visible without blocking the primary media content. The notification appears as a separate, non-intrusive element that coexists with the background media playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification is presented in a secondary display dimension (such as picture-in-picture, side panel, or overlay layer) rather than replacing the primary display. This allows simultaneous visibility of both the notification and the primary media content without mutual exclusion.
2Reliability
If multiple IoT devices send notifications separately, then each device can notify independently, but users must manage notifications from various devices scattered across their premises
Solution Approach 1:
The system consolidates notifications from multiple IoT devices into a single centralized display interface on the television. Instead of separate notification streams from different devices, all notifications are merged into one manageable feed that can be viewed, filtered, and interacted with centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The television device serves as a universal notification hub that can receive and display notifications from various types of IoT devices (smart home, wearables, mobile devices, etc.). This multi-functional capability allows one device to handle diverse notification sources without requiring separate management for each device type.
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes a system and method that can be used to define a standardized interface through which Internet of Things (IoT) device notifications from one or more IoT devices can be received and served to one or more network-connected television device displays based on configuration information. For instance, an IoT device notification, such as an informational notification, warning, video stream, or other information output by one of various types of IoT devices may be served to and displayed as a Picture-in-Picture on the network-connected television device display. The configuration information may cause an IoT device notification to be displayed on one or more network-connected television device displays when availability of the network-connected television device display is known, when availability of the network-connected television device display in association with a particular user is known, or according to another determined delivery action.