Smart TV Web Content Transformation for Simple Large-Screen Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying web-based content on large screens, such as TVs, are cumbersome and resource-intensive, requiring physical connection of computers and manual navigation, and lack user-friendly control schemes.
Innovation Solution
A smart TV device application that includes a web-based content collection and transformation service to access, transform, and store web-based content for display, allowing easy installation and control via remote, without needing separate browser-enabled computers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If web-based content is displayed on large screens using existing methods, then content can be viewed on large displays, but the process becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive requiring physical computer connections and manual navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a smart TV device as an intermediary between the web content source and the display screen. This device includes a web browser application that automatically accesses and displays web content without requiring physical computer connections or manual navigation, thereby simplifying the operation while enabling large screen display
Solution Approach 2:
The smart TV device performs self-service by automatically browsing and displaying web content through its integrated web browser application. The system independently accesses web content, transforms it into suitable formats, and presents it on the display without requiring external computer control or manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between large screen display and operational simplicity
2Area of stationary object
If separate browser-enabled computers are connected to TVs for web content display, then web content can be viewed on large screens, but device complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the web browsing capability and display functionality into a single integrated smart TV device. By combining the web browser application with the TV's display and processing resources, the system eliminates the need for separate computer devices and their associated complexity, while still enabling web content display on large screens
Solution Approach 2:
The smart TV device performs multiple functions including web browsing, content transformation, and display presentation within a single device. This multi-functionality replaces the need for separate specialized devices (computers and TVs), reducing overall system complexity while maintaining large screen display capability
3Ease of operation
If web-based content is transformed and stored for display by smart TV application, then user-friendly control and efficient resource consumption are achieved, but additional processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The smart TV device performs preliminary transformation of web content into display-ready formats before presentation. The web browser application pre-processes and formats content appropriately for the display device, which simplifies subsequent user interaction and control operations, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and processing time
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are system, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for presenting web-based content to a display by an application installed on a smart television (TV) device. An example embodiment includes a web-based content collection and transformation service that is configured to access web-based content via a world wide web, create a copy of the web-based content, transform the copy of the web-based content into a form suitable for presentation to the display by the application, and store the transformed copy of the web-based content to a data storage system that is accessible to the application. In further accordance with this example embodiment, the application is configured to obtain the transformed copy of the web-based content from the data storage system and present it to the display.