Smart TV Channel Index Mapping for Unified Resource Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The interaction process for selecting multimedia resources in existing smart televisions is complex, requiring users to frequently switch between selection directories when choosing between television channels and application programs, leading to low interaction efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that associate a channel index number with multimedia resources, allowing users to directly access television channels or application programs by receiving a channel selection signal, querying pre-bound correspondences, and presenting identifiers for multiple resources if applicable, enabling direct switching without exiting the user interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user interface provides separate selection directories for television channels and application programs, then the system maintains clear organization and resource categorization, but the user must continuously switch between directories when selecting multimedia content, reducing interaction efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the previously separate selection directories for television channels and application programs into a unified selection interface. The channel index number serves as a common identifier that can represent both television channels and application programs, eliminating the need for users to switch between different directory structures. This consolidation allows direct access to any multimedia resource through a single selection process, significantly improving interaction efficiency while reducing the complexity of directory management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system uses separate selection interfaces for different multimedia resource types, then resource classification is maintained, but the number of channel index numbers required increases, complicating the system structure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal channel index number system where a single index number can represent multiple types of multimedia resources, including both television channels and application programs. This multi-functional approach allows the same index number structure to serve different resource types without requiring separate indexing systems. The system achieves versatile access to diverse multimedia resources while minimizing the total quantity of index numbers needed, as the same index space is reused across different resource categories.
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AI summary
A method for accessing a multimedia resource of a smart television, includes: receiving a channel selection signal to determine a target channel index number; querying pre-bound correspondence between a channel index number and a multimedia resource; when one multimedia resource corresponding to the target channel index number exists, starting the multimedia resource; and when multiple multimedia resources corresponding to the target channel index number exist, presenting all identifiers of the multimedia resources corresponding to the target index number, and determining a target multimedia resource according to a selection instruction of a user and starting the target multimedia resource, where the multimedia resource is a television channel or an application program.