Service Providing Device UI Adaptation via Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Service providing devices often output user interfaces (UIs) for services not actually provided to users, leading to resource wastage and increased UI complexity due to the absence of related external devices.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for selectively outputting a user interface (UI) based on the services actually provided, involving a database that maps services to UI configuring elements, with a controller selecting the appropriate UI elements for display on a screen, considering user information and attributes of connected external devices or content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the service providing device outputs UI for all available services, then the device can provide comprehensive service information, but resources are wasted and UI complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice information completenessVSAvoidUI complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and displays only the UI elements corresponding to services that are actually provided to the user, based on the service providing capability information. This removes unnecessary UI elements for services that cannot be provided, thereby reducing UI complexity while maintaining completeness of relevant service information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by customizing the UI display according to the specific service providing capability of the device. Different devices with different capabilities receive different UI configurations, with each UI tailored to display only the services that the particular device can actually provide, optimizing the information presentation for each local context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If the service providing device outputs UI for all available services, then the device can provide comprehensive service information, but resource usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice information completenessVSAvoidresource wastage
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and displays only the UI elements corresponding to services that are actually provided to the user, based on the service providing capability information. This removes unnecessary UI elements for services that cannot be provided, thereby reducing UI complexity while maintaining completeness of relevant service information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by displaying only the necessary portion of service information - specifically, only those services that the device can actually provide. This avoids the excessive action of displaying all possible services, thereby conserving computational resources and reducing energy consumption while still providing complete relevant information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS9921728B2Service providing device, and method of providing a user interface
Publication Date: 2018.03.20 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A screen providing device and a method of providing a user interface (UI) are provided. The method includes operations of selecting a service to be provided via a service providing device; selecting a UI configuring element stored in a database, based on the selected service; and displaying on a screen a UI comprising the UI configuring element.