Reception Apparatus Alert Service Subscription and Pop-up Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern televisions and set-top boxes have limited capabilities for setting reminders and notifications due to the limitations of the electronic program guide (EPG) database, restricting the types of reminders or notifications users can set.
Innovation Solution
A reception apparatus with a receiver, display interface, and processor that allows users to subscribe to alert services, registers new content information, and presents pop-up alerts when new content is available, using a Triggered Declarative Object (TDO) to provide customizable and dynamic notifications based on user preferences and interests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the EPG database is used for setting reminders and notifications, then the system structure is simple, but the types of reminders or notifications that can be set are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the reception apparatus to subscribe to multiple types of alert services (news, weather, sports, etc.) beyond the traditional EPG functionality. The processor can access new content information from various sources and generate different types of pop-up alerts, making the system multi-functional and adaptable to diverse user needs while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional EPG-based reminders are used, then the implementation is simple, but the content availability is restricted to scheduled programs
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism where the reception apparatus subscribes to alert services and receives new content information from external sources (such as content providers or information services). This intermediary layer allows the system to access diverse content (news stories, weather warnings, etc.) without requiring direct integration with each content source, thus expanding content availability while keeping the implementation manageable.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system monitors new content information from external sources, then the alert service versatility is improved, but the information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential new content information from external sources that is relevant to subscribed alert services. The processor selectively accesses and processes only the necessary information (such as alert titles, descriptions, and content availability status) rather than processing all incoming data, thus reducing information processing complexity while maintaining alert service versatility.
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AI summary
A reception apparatus, method, computer program, and information providing apparatus for providing one or more alert services. The reception apparatus includes a receiver, a display interface, an input unit, and a processor. The receiver receives a notification of an alert service. The display interface presents the notification of the alert service on a display. Further, the input unit receives a request from a user of the reception apparatus to subscribe to the alert service. In response to receiving the subscription request, the processor registers a location of new content information associated with the alert service in a memory. Further, the processor determines whether new content corresponding to the alert service is available based on the new content information. When the new content is determined to be available, the processor downloads the new content and causes the display interface to present a pop-up alert based on the new content.