Media Guidance Application Storage Notification Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Typical television systems either persistently monitor storage capacity, leading to poor user experiences due to unnecessary error messages or power consumption, or fail to monitor adequately, resulting in poor user experiences when storage is full.

Innovation Solution

A media guidance application that monitors storage space and user interactions to determine appropriate times to display notifications and manage storage by entering deletion modes, reducing power consumption and improving user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system performs persistent monitoring of storage capacity, then storage management reliability is improved, but power consumption increases and user experience deteriorates due to unnecessary error messages

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage management reliabilityVSAvoidpower consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from persistent continuous monitoring to periodic monitoring triggered by specific events (e.g., when storage reaches a threshold capacity). The media guidance application monitors storage space and enters deletion mode only when storage capacity is critically low, rather than continuously checking at all times. This event-driven periodic action reduces power consumption while maintaining adequate storage management reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

2Reliability

If the system performs persistent monitoring of storage capacity, then storage management reliability is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to inopportune error messages

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage management reliabilityVSAvoiduser experience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback from user interaction monitoring to determine the optimal timing for displaying storage warnings. The media guidance application monitors user interactions (such as channel surfing behavior) and only presents notifications when the user is not actively engaged with content. This feedback mechanism ensures storage management reliability is maintained while avoiding inopportune moments that would degrade user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system performs persistent monitoring of media content for enriched content opportunities, then content enrichment capability is improved, but computational intensity and power demand significantly increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent enrichment capabilityVSAvoidpower demand

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces persistent continuous monitoring of media content with periodic monitoring triggered by specific conditions. The media guidance application monitors storage space and user interactions periodically rather than continuously, entering deletion mode only when storage capacity is critically low. This event-driven approach maintains content enrichment capability while significantly reducing computational intensity and power demand.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

4Adaptability or versatility

If the system monitors media content continuously for enriched content opportunities, then content enrichment capability is improved, but user interest alignment deteriorates as users may be uninterested in enhanced content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent enrichment capabilityVSAvoiduser interest information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback from monitoring user interactions to determine when users are actually interested in content, thereby aligning enriched content delivery with user interest. The media guidance application monitors user behavior (such as channel surfing patterns) and uses this feedback to timing notifications appropriately. This ensures content enrichment capability is maintained while preserving user interest information by delivering enhanced content only when users are likely to be receptive.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11729454B2Systems and methods for providing a deletion notification

Publication Date: 2023.08.15 ROVI PRODUCT CORP

AI summary

Systems and methods are provided herein for indicating an amount of available storage space. To this end, the systems and methods monitor storage space associated with a media storage device to determine whether an amount of storage space available is less than a threshold. In response to determining the amount of storage space available is less than the threshold, the systems and methods enter a deletion mode. Systems and methods monitor user interactions between a user and a user device after entering the deletion mode. Systems and methods further generate for display a notification at an appropriate time, based on the monitored user interactions, to indicate the amount of storage space available to the user.