Program Guide Interface with Synchronized Time Axis Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing program guides face challenges in displaying information about programs of varying durations efficiently, as longer programs occupy excessive space while shorter programs have insufficient space, making it difficult to view all information quickly and readably.
Innovation Solution
A graphical interface is generated with program maps arranged in series along a time axis, where each program card has equal dimensions, and a target broadcast time parameter is set to synchronize the display of programs currently broadcasting, allowing all programs at a given instant to be consulted easily.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If program guide displays space proportional to program duration, then long programs occupy adequate display space, but short programs have insufficient display space
Solution Approach 1:
The program guide is segmented into multiple pages, with each page displaying a fixed number of programs (e.g., 10 programs per page). This segmentation allows uniform display space allocation for each program regardless of duration, while providing navigation mechanisms to access additional programs on subsequent pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution introduces a new dimension (navigation through multiple pages) to resolve the space allocation problem. Instead of varying the display area of individual program entries, the system uses pagination to organize programs, allowing each entry to have consistent dimensions while accommodating varying program durations through structured navigation.
2Ease of operation
If program guide uses uniform display space for all programs, then short programs have adequate display space, but long programs occupy excessive display space
Solution Approach 1:
The program guide is divided into multiple pages, each displaying a fixed number of programs with uniform dimensions. This segmentation ensures that each program receives adequate display space for readability, while the overall space consumption is managed through pagination rather than excessive allocation on a single page.
3Loss of information
If program guide displays all programs on single page, then users can view all programs at once, but display becomes excessively large and unreadable
Solution Approach 1:
The program guide is segmented into multiple navigable pages, with each page displaying a manageable number of programs (e.g., 10 programs per page). This segmentation maintains readability on each page while ensuring that access to all program information is preserved through navigation mechanisms that allow users to move between pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and organizes program data in advance into paginated structures, so that when users access the program guide, the information is already segmented into readable portions. This preliminary organization enables efficient navigation and maintains readability without requiring users to process excessively large amounts of information simultaneously.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for generating a graphical interface representing a program guide comprising: - Generating a graphical interface (12) comprising a plurality of series of program cards representing a program to be broadcast by a broadcast channel, the program cards of a series being positioned in chronological order along a first axis of the graphical interface, the plurality of series being positioned along a second axis of the graphical interface, - Selecting a program card as the active card (18), - Setting a target broadcast time parameter equal to the program start time assigned to the active card (20), - Positioning in the alignment to which the active card belongs the program cards which, on the one hand, belong to series of program cards other than the series to which the active card belongs and, on the other hand,which represent programs currently being broadcast at the time represented by the target broadcast time parameter.