Scrolling Score Guide for Set-Top Box Quick Tune
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional set-top box technologies limit users' ability to access real-time scores and information of multiple sports teams or events, prompting viewers to switch to mobile devices for updates, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A scrolling score guide feature on set-top boxes allows users to select and quickly tune into sporting events or other broadcasts by displaying a scrolling window with identifiers and corresponding data, enabling efficient access to desired content through a remote device, with the option to record or receive updates based on user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional set-top box technologies are used, then the device complexity is low, but the ability to access real-time scores and information of multiple sports teams is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information display by creating a dedicated scrolling score guide window that operates independently from the main broadcast content. This allows multiple teams' scores to be displayed simultaneously in an organized manner, enhancing the set-top box's information delivery capability without requiring complete system redesign
Solution Approach 2:
The set-top box is enhanced to perform multiple functions: displaying the main broadcast, showing scrolling score guides for multiple teams, and providing quick tune capabilities. This multi-functionality allows a single device to replace the need for mobile devices for score checking, improving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity
2Loss of information
If users switch to mobile devices to obtain scores, then the information accessibility is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to device switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the score display functionality into the set-top box interface, combining the broadcast viewing and score checking functions into a single device. The scrolling score guide window integrates team identifiers, scores, and quick tune options directly in the TV interface, eliminating the need to switch to mobile devices and maintaining ease of operation through a unified interface
3Loss of information
If a scrolling score guide is displayed, then the information delivery capability is improved, but the area available for the main broadcast is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the temporal dimension by implementing a scrolling mechanism for the score guide. Instead of displaying all team scores statically alongside the broadcast (which would consume excessive space), the scores scroll through a dedicated window, allowing comprehensive information delivery while maintaining a compact footprint that minimizes impact on the main broadcast display area
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AI summary
A scrolling score guide with quick tune feature is presented herein. A method can comprise displaying a group of identifiers representing event broadcasts with corresponding data of the event broadcasts as a scrolling window within a broadcast window of a broadcast being received by the system for display via the display device, and, in response to detecting, via a remote device, a selection of an identifier of the group of identifiers, receiving an event broadcast of the event broadcasts represented by the identifier, and displaying the event broadcast in the broadcast window.