Location-Specific Media Interface for Portable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patrons face difficulties in locating and purchasing media items being played in establishments due to cumbersome navigation processes in online media stores, especially when they do not know the exact song name or encounter various versions of songs.
Innovation Solution
A portable electronic device with a graphical user interface that displays location-specific information, including media items currently playing in a store, allowing users to easily access and purchase media assets with features like a 'Buy' button and media item previews.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If patrons navigate to an online media store to locate a media item, then they can access and purchase the media item, but the navigation process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting the media item being played in the establishment and pre-fetching its information to the portable device before the user even searches for it. This eliminates the need for users to manually navigate through online media stores, as the media item details are already available on their devices when they need them.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of the establishment's media player, location detection infrastructure, and online media store server that automatically bridges the user and the media item information. This intermediary handles the complex navigation and search processes behind the scenes, presenting only the essential media item details to the user through their portable device.
2Loss of information
If the online media store provides comprehensive information about media items, then users can make informed purchasing decisions, but the interface becomes more complex and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by tailoring the information presentation to the specific context of media item discovery. Instead of presenting all possible media store information uniformly, it selectively displays location-specific media item details such as the currently playing track, album artwork, and basic purchase options - providing just the right amount of information in the right format at the right moment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides location-specific media information to patrons, then the user experience is enhanced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a multi-functional system that simultaneously performs location detection, media item identification, information retrieval from online media stores, and presentation through portable devices - all within a unified architecture. This allows the same system to serve multiple functions (detecting user location, identifying media being played, fetching information, and displaying results) without requiring separate complex systems for each function.
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AI summary
Improved approaches to allow a portable electronic device to dynamically present location-specific information while the portable electronic device is at a predetermined location are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device has a display that can display the location-specific information and has wireless capabilities for use in receiving the location-specific information from the server. The location-specific information can, for example, augment other information that is to be presented on the display. In one embodiment, the location-specific information can be information pertaining to a media item being played in an establishment, such as a store, where the portable electronic device is located.