Program Guide Interface for Integrated Supplemental Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing program guides and interfaces for multimedia content are inconvenient for users as they require separate navigation between different functionalities, making it difficult to access related content and services seamlessly.
Innovation Solution
Integrate supplemental services and content listings within the program guide interface, presenting them as additional channels or services associated with scheduled content, allowing users to access related experiences without leaving the main interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If program guide and other interfaces are separated into different devices or applications, then each interface can be optimized for its specific function, but users must navigate between multiple interfaces to access related content and services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the program guide interface with supplemental service interfaces into a single integrated user interface. This allows users to access both standard program guide functionality and supplemental services (such as related content, web pages, and interactive features) without navigating between separate applications or devices, thereby resolving the contradiction between interface optimization and navigation convenience
2Ease of operation
If multiple services and content listings are integrated into a single interface, then users can access related content seamlessly, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the integrated interface into distinct functional areas: the program guide portion displaying scheduled content, and supplemental service portions displaying related content, web pages, and interactive features. Each segment can be independently controlled and navigated, allowing users to access multiple services seamlessly while maintaining interface organization and reducing perceived complexity
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AI summary
Examples are described for integrating interface functionality with other experiences. For example, if a user is interested in a particular item of scheduled or on-demand content (e.g., a television series episode), the user may also be interested in a web page devoted to the television series and/or other extras such as cast interviews, news, related theme apps, and the like. These types of experiences may be integrated into an interface by presenting the experiences as supplemental services that may be presented and/or selected.