News Browsing Apparatus Grouping and Selecting Reports
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when browsing recorded news programs due to numerous overlapping reports, requiring manual fast-forwarding to find specific content, especially in digital broadcasting systems where multiple news programs with similar content are broadcast, increasing time and effort in navigation.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for grouping news reports by content, using user preference information to select and reproduce only the core parts of matching reports, preventing redundant playback by recording viewing history, and utilizing electronic program guides, web bulletins, and captions for metadata collection and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually scan and fast-forward through news programs to find specific content, then they can locate desired news reports, but the time and effort required for browsing increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically grouping news reports by content and pre-selecting representative reports from each group before the user needs to browse. This preprocessing eliminates the need for users to manually scan through all news programs, as the desired content is already organized and selected in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and reproduces only the core parts of selected news reports rather than playing complete reports. This extraction principle reduces the amount of content users need to view while still providing the essential information, thereby reducing browsing time and effort.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple news programs with overlapping content are broadcast, then users have more content choices, but the number of redundant reports increases making navigation more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple news reports that cover the same content into single groups, regardless of which news program they originated from. By combining redundant reports into unified groups and selecting one representative report per group, the system maintains content variety while eliminating navigation complexity associated with duplicate content across multiple programs.
3Loss of information
If users watch complete news reports including summaries and commercial breaks, then they get full content, but the time required to view increases due to non-essential segments
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and reproduces only the core parts of selected news reports, excluding non-essential segments such as summaries and commercial breaks. This extraction maintains the essential information content while significantly reducing the viewing time required, as users are presented with only the meaningful portions of news reports.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a method of browsing a recorded news program and a browsing apparatus for performing the method. The method includes grouping moving picture news reports included in a plurality of news programs according to news report, and selecting one moving picture news report from among each of a plurality of groups according to preference information input by a user, thereby reproducing only a user desired part from contents of a moving picture news report. Thus, the method can be used to rapidly and efficiently browse the plurality of news programs.