Integrating Personal Schedule and Broadcasting Program Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Managing a personal schedule and broadcasting programs separately is inconvenient, especially when numerous broadcasting channels provide information, making it difficult to offer users suitable information based on their changing schedules.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that link a personal schedule management device with a broadcasting program information system, allowing for the identification and display of overlapping broadcasting programs, along with control operations, through a user interface, enabling users to manage their schedules and programs collectively.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If personal schedule and broadcasting programs are managed separately, then the management systems are simple and independent, but user convenience deteriorates and information suitability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the personal schedule management function and broadcasting program management function into a single integrated system. The schedule management unit and broadcasting program management unit operate within the same terminal device, allowing users to manage both types of information collectively through one interface rather than switching between separate applications or devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal device is designed to perform multiple functions: it manages personal schedules (appointments, events) and simultaneously manages broadcasting program information (program guides, channel schedules). This multi-functional approach allows the same device to serve both personal organization needs and media consumption needs, improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If numerous broadcasting channels provide programs, then program variety increases, but difficulty in finding suitable programs based on personal schedule increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprogram varietyVSAvoidprogram selection difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically compares broadcasting program schedules with personal schedule data and provides feedback by identifying and presenting only those programs that do not conflict with existing appointments. The control unit analyzes temporal overlaps and filters programs based on schedule availability, giving users targeted recommendations rather than presenting all available programs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis by pre-comparing broadcasting program times with personal schedule events before presenting options to the user. The control unit identifies suitable programs in advance by checking time conflicts, so when users request program information, they receive pre-filtered results that are already compatible with their schedule, reducing selection difficulty.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If personal schedule and broadcasting programs are managed collectively, then user convenience improves and information suitability increases, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation suitabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The integrated system is divided into distinct functional modules: a schedule management unit for handling personal appointments and events, and a broadcasting program management unit for handling program guides and channel information. Each module operates independently but communicates through the control unit, which coordinates data exchange and conflict detection. This modular segmentation manages complexity by organizing functions into manageable components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The control unit acts as an intermediary between the schedule management unit and the broadcasting program management unit. It receives data from both modules, performs the comparison analysis to identify time conflicts, and generates the filtered program recommendations. This intermediary role centralizes the complex logic of coordinating schedules and programs, preventing complexity from propagating throughout the entire system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8205231B2Apparatus and method managing personal schedule and providing overlapping broadcasting programs

Publication Date: 2012.06.19 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

An apparatus for effectively managing a personal schedule and broadcasting programs includes a schedule management unit for managing a personal schedule, a broadcasting program management unit for managing basic information of broadcasting programs, an interface unit which receives an input signal, and a control unit which finds a first broadcasting program which overlaps with the personal schedule, searches for basic information for the first broadcasting program, and provides a first list including a title of the first broadcasting program, the basic information, and a display component for performing a control operation in response to an input signal.