Information Processing Device for Personalized Channel Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

In multi-channel areas, users face difficulty in easily selecting desired content due to complex operations when conventional methods fail to display the user's preferred content, requiring additional steps to find desired programming.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that acquires user content selection information, determines display content and candidate information, and outputs a first display image based on this information, facilitating easy content selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional channel selection methods are used in multi-channel areas, then the number of available channels is large, but the operation complexity increases and users cannot easily select desired content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of channelsVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring user content selection information in advance, determining preferred content and candidate information before the user needs to select. This allows the television to automatically display the most appropriate channel when powered on, eliminating the need for users to manually search through hundreds of channels and reducing operation complexity while maintaining access to a large number of channels

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the television displays the channel with highest viewing frequency, then automatic channel selection is simplified, but the desired content may not be displayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic channel selectionVSAvoidcontent accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by continuously acquiring user content selection information and viewing habits, then using this feedback to refine and update the determination of preferred content and candidate information. This feedback loop ensures that the automatic channel selection becomes increasingly accurate over time, reliably displaying the content the user actually desires rather than just relying on historical viewing frequency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary determination of preferred content and candidate information based on acquired user data before the viewing session begins. This preliminary action allows the system to pre-configure the most likely desired content, ensuring that when the television is powered on, the correct content is already displayed or readily available for immediate selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12413815B2Information processing device and information processing method
Publication Date: 2025.09.09 SATURN LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

An information processing device (100) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control unit (160) configured to perform a process of acquiring content selection information about a user; a process of determining a display content and content selection candidate information based on the content selection information; and a process of outputting the display content and a first display image corresponding to the selection candidate information of the content.