Set-Top Box Wireless Control for Multi-Display Syndication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote controls have limited functionality and are not well-suited for multi-display or multi-television environments, making it difficult to provide an enhanced user experience with ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A set-top box system with enhanced functionality that includes a housing with a processor, wireless transceiver, memory, and storage, allowing a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device to control multiple displays via syndication profiles, enabling wireless remote control operations such as channel changes and volume adjustments across multiple displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional remote controls are used, then basic functionality is provided, but functionality is limited and not suitable for multi-display environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal remote control system where a single wireless device can control multiple displays through syndication profiles. The set-top box architecture enables one remote device to interface with multiple displays, eliminating the need for separate remote controls for each display while maintaining full control functionality across all displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The set-top box serves as an intermediary device between the wireless remote control and multiple displays. It receives control signals from the remote device, processes them through syndication profiles, and distributes appropriate commands to the target displays, thereby enabling multi-display control through a single remote interface.
2Ease of operation
If multiple remote controls are provided for multiple displays, then control functionality is maintained, but ease of use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control functionality for multiple displays into a single wireless remote device. By combining multiple control interfaces into one unified remote device that can select between different displays and control modes, the system eliminates the need for users to manage multiple separate remote controls, thereby improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
A single wireless remote device is designed to universally control multiple displays through the set-top box system. The remote device maintains full control capabilities across all displays, allowing users to switch between displays and control functions without requiring separate remotes for each display.
3Ease of operation
If a single wireless device controls multiple displays, then ease of use is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The set-top box acts as an intelligent intermediary that handles the complexity of multi-display coordination. It manages syndication profiles, processes control signals from the single wireless device, and intelligently routes commands to the appropriate displays. This centralizes the complexity in the set-top box while keeping the remote device simple and user-friendly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses syndication profiles to dynamically change operational parameters based on the selected display and control mode. When a user selects a different display or control function, the set-top box adjusts system parameters accordingly, allowing a single remote device to adapt its behavior to control different displays without requiring hardware changes.
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AI summary
A set-top box with enhanced functionality and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box system, first and second set-top boxes each include a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, a wireless transceiver, memory, and storage communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. Each of the set-top boxes is connected to a display, such as a television. A syndication profile associated with the set-top boxes enables a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to control both displays via each of the set-top boxes.