Multi-source Content Display Interface for Simultaneous Independent Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display devices are unable to simultaneously display different content outputs to multiple users without interference, limiting personalized content experiences and requiring multiple devices in shared spaces.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method using wireless network communications, augmented reality, and virtual reality to assign unique process IDs and frequencies for each content source, allowing multiple users to independently select and view different audio and video streams on the same display device without interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single display device displays content from multiple sources simultaneously, then all viewers see the same uniform output, but this limits personalized content experiences and prevents different viewers from observing different content at the same time
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the display output by creating separate virtual display surfaces for different users. Each user receives a dedicated portion of the content stream that is processed and displayed independently, allowing personalized content experiences while sharing a single physical display device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces intermediary components including content management software, user profile databases, and output processing layers that mediate between the content source and the physical display. These intermediaries enable content customization and user-specific display configurations without requiring multiple physical devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display devices are used to allow different content for different users, then personalized viewing is enabled, but this increases device requirements and creates resource inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables a single display device to perform multiple functions by dynamically configuring its output for different users. The same physical display serves as multiple virtual displays simultaneously, each presenting different content to different users based on their preferences and selections.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple content streams and user interfaces into a single unified display output. By combining content management, user authentication, and display rendering into one integrated system, it allows multiple users to access different content through one shared device.
3Ease of operation
If content sources are switched through hardware inputs, then different content sources can be accessed, but this requires manual intervention and does not allow simultaneous viewing of multiple sources by different users
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automatic content source selection and switching based on user profiles, preferences, and historical data. When users access the display device, the system automatically configures the appropriate content sources and display parameters without requiring manual hardware input switching, thereby improving both ease of operation and content delivery efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration of content sources and display settings based on pre-stored user profiles and preferences. Before users interact with the display, the system has already prepared and queued the appropriate content streams, enabling immediate personalized content delivery without manual intervention.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer-implemented methods, systems and computer program products leveraging wireless communication networks to deliver content from a plurality of content sources to multiple users viewing different content on the same display device. Receiving devices connect to the display device and allow simultaneous and independent content viewing by establishing a connection to the display device, selecting the content to view from the plurality of content sources available and wirelessly transmitting audio and video frames of the selected content at a particular frequency to the receiving device tuned into the frequency of the process ID broadcasting the selected content. For example, smart glasses, AR devices or VR headsets. As the user views the display device through the receiving device, different users experience the different selected content overlaid or emulated onto the same display device without interfering or being able to view content simultaneously displayed to other users of the display device.