Media Content Labeling and Categorization Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in efficiently searching for specific content, such as pictures, on terminal devices due to the large volume of stored data, making the process cumbersome and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

Classifying media content into categories and displaying content labels based on these categories, allowing users to navigate and search through content in a more intuitive and efficient manner by using display information to organize the labels on the user interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users browse the entire collection of content to locate specific items, then all content can be searched, but the search process becomes difficult, cumbersome, and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent search capabilityVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large collection of media content into multiple categories (such as photos, videos, audio files, documents) and organizes them with hierarchical folder structures. This segmentation allows users to navigate to specific category sections rather than browsing the entire content collection, significantly reducing search time while maintaining reliable access to all content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If a tiling of thumbnails is displayed for users to scroll through, then visual identification of content is enabled, but the interface becomes complex and navigation becomes cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent identificationVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a hierarchical navigation dimension to the user interface, organizing content by categories and folders with expandable/collapsible structures. Instead of presenting all thumbnails in a single flat grid that requires extensive scrolling, the interface adds a organizational dimension that allows users to drill down into specific categories, reducing the visible thumbnail area and simplifying navigation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Adaptability or versatility

If all media content is stored on the terminal device, then content accessibility is improved, but the device becomes a major reservoir with large amounts of data that is difficult to manage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent storage capabilityVSAvoiddata management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements segmentation by creating category-based folders and subfolders to organize the large volume of stored media content. This organizational structure divides the monolithic data reservoir into manageable sections, making it easier to locate, manage, and navigate through content while maintaining local storage accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary organizational layer (category labels, folder structures, and navigation interfaces) between the raw stored content and the user. This intermediary structure mediates the interaction between users and the large volume of stored data, making the content reservoir manageable and accessible without requiring direct browsing of all files.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10846324B2Device, method, and user interface for managing and interacting with media content
Publication Date: 2020.11.24 BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK HONGKONG CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for content processing, including: classifying a plurality of media content items into corresponding categories; determining, based at least in part on a category, a content label and display information associated with the content label, wherein: the category corresponds to an item of media content; the content label corresponds to the category; and the display information indicates a display area for displaying the content label on a display interface; and displaying the content label based at least in part on the display information on the display interface.