Simultaneous Event Notifier for Video Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile devices terminate video data displays upon receiving incoming calls or messages, disrupting user experience and functionality, as users often want to choose whether to interrupt video playback or respond to messages later.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that allow users to simultaneously display graphical data with a notifier of an independent event on the screen, enabling users to decide how to manage their limited display screen based on event type, using a processor to determine event types and associate them with specific display formats, allowing notifiers to be displayed alongside video data without interrupting it.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the mobile phone discontinues displaying video data when an incoming call or message is received, then the user can immediately respond to the incoming communication, but the user experience is disrupted and video playback is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a primary display area for video data and a secondary notifier area for incoming communications. This allows both video playback and communication notifications to coexist simultaneously without interrupting each other, resolving the contradiction between maintaining video continuity and enabling communication response.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system transitions from a temporal interruption model (stopping video to show notification) to a spatial coexistence model (displaying notification alongside video). By adding the spatial dimension of simultaneous display, the system allows users to respond to communications while video continues playing, eliminating the need to interrupt video playback.
2Loss of information
If the mobile phone displays a full-screen notification for incoming calls or messages, then the user can clearly see and respond to the communication, but the video data display is completely blocked
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display screen are assigned different functions with different visual qualities. The primary display area maintains high-quality video playback, while a localized notifier region displays communication information with appropriate visual prominence. This local differentiation allows notification visibility without completely blocking the video display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is divided into functional segments: a video display region and a notification region. The notification is displayed in a localized area rather than occupying the full screen, preserving both notification visibility and video display area simultaneously.
3Loss of information
If the mobile phone provides detailed information about incoming messages on the display, then the user can make informed decisions about whether to respond, but the display screen space is consumed and video quality is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The notification displays essential message information (sender, subject, timestamp) rather than the complete message content. This partial display provides sufficient information for users to decide whether to respond while consuming less display power and preserving video quality, avoiding the need to display excessive information.
Solution Approach 2:
Message information is segmented into hierarchical levels: essential information displayed in the notifier region, and detailed information available on demand when the user chooses to view it. This segmentation allows information availability without excessive display resource consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for displaying data on a portable electronic device first displays graphical data on a graphical display. An event that is independent of the graphical data is received at the device. Responsive to the event, an event type is selected from a list that associates each of at least two event types with one of at least two display formats. A notifier of the event, in the selected format, is then displayed on the graphical display simultaneously with the graphical data. The formats are specific to the event types so that a user can decide whether to continue viewing the graphical data and not respond to the event notifier, or terminate the graphical data being displayed and respond to the event. Examples of events include an alarm from a locally stored user calendar, an incoming phone call, an SMS message, and an email. A computer program and a device are also detailed.