Scheduled Playlist Execution via Media Guide Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media playback systems lack the ability to schedule and automatically execute playlists with advanced features like channel switching and content management, particularly in environments where content needs to change over time, such as waiting rooms or commercial establishments.
Innovation Solution
A content delivery system that includes a scheduling processor to display a media guide, receive asset selection input data, store it in a playlist database, and execute the playlist, allowing users to schedule content in advance and control devices like TVs through interfaces like 1394 or HDMI, enabling automatic channel switching and content playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If playlists are created with scheduling functionality, then content can be automatically played at set times without constant user interaction, but the system complexity increases due to need for scheduling processor and database
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows users to pre-configure playlists with scheduled execution times and store them in a database. The scheduling processor automatically retrieves and executes these pre-configured playlists at the designated times without requiring real-time user interaction, thus achieving automation through advance preparation.
Solution Approach 2:
The scheduling processor autonomously manages playlist execution by automatically retrieving scheduled playlists from the database, determining the next playlist to execute, and controlling the media player without continuous human intervention. The system serves itself by automatically maintaining and executing its own schedule.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple assets are scheduled in a playlist database, then content variety increases for different environments, but the difficulty of managing and executing playlists increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides content management into discrete assets that can be individually selected and organized into separate playlists. Each playlist can contain a specific sequence of assets tailored to different environments or purposes, allowing complex content variety to be managed through simple, modular playlist units rather than overwhelming comprehensive control.
Solution Approach 2:
The scheduling processor and media guide system are designed to handle multiple asset types and playlist configurations through a unified interface. The same core system manages diverse content (video, audio, images) across different environments (waiting rooms, commercial establishments, personal devices) using consistent operations, simplifying management despite content variety.
Data Source
AI summary
Content scheduling may be provided. First, a media guide may be displayed. Next, a plurality of asset selection input data respectively corresponding to a plurality of assets selected from the displayed media guide may be received. Then the plurality of asset selection input data may be stored in a playlist database. The playlist database may then be executed.