Second Display Service Access History Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of IPTVs face inconvenience when repeatedly accessing frequently used digital content services, as they must navigate and reinitiate playback each time, lacking a straightforward method to return to recently visited services.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to easily access recently viewed services by storing and retrieving a list of recently accessed services across devices, with the most recent service appearing prominently, enabling quick resumption of playback on compatible content playback devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate to services manually each time, then service access is possible, but user convenience deteriorates and navigation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically tracking and storing service access history in advance. When users need to access services, the previously accessed services are already prepared and displayed in a recent services list, eliminating the need for manual navigation and reducing access time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive service lists are displayed, then service selection completeness is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The service list is segmented into different sections: recently accessed services, frequently accessed services, and full service directory. This segmentation allows users to quickly access common services through simplified interfaces while maintaining comprehensive service availability in the full directory, thus reducing perceived complexity without sacrificing completeness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If service access history is stored centrally on server, then data accessibility across devices is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a server as an intermediary that centrally stores service access history and synchronizes it across multiple devices. This intermediary layer manages the complexity of data synchronization and provides a unified interface for accessing recent services on any device, thereby enabling cross-device accessibility without significantly increasing user-facing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for using a second display with a content playback device. In one implementation, this feature allows users to easily return to a recently-accessed service when browsing on a second display. The most recent service may appear at the top of the list. Such systems and methods may be particularly advantageous when a user normally only visits a few services in an entire list of available services on a regular basis. The recently-accessed service may be specific to the user account, a user profile within the user account, the second display, or the content playback device. In some implementations, the second display may be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, a laptop or tablet PC, or the like.