Smart TV Interface Segmentation for Application Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart TVs have low utilization rates of auxiliary applications due to the complexity of accessing them through multiple operation levels, which deters users from discovering and utilizing these additional features.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with hardware interfaces and a control chip that classifies and integrates various application resources into a main interface with card-shaped areas, arranged according to a predetermined layout, allowing for streamlined access and utilization of different types of applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If auxiliary applications are provided through a menu on the smart TV, then the smart TV can offer multiple functions and applications, but the user needs to go through many operation levels to access them, resulting in low utilization rates
Solution Approach 1:
The main interface is divided into multiple card-shaped display areas, each dedicated to a specific type of application resource (e.g., video, audio, image). This segmentation allows users to directly access different application categories without navigating through multiple menu levels, thereby maintaining versatility while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a traditional hierarchical menu structure to a parallel card-based layout on the main interface. By displaying different application types side-by-side in separate card areas rather than nesting them in hierarchical menus, the system enables direct access to multiple functions from the initial interface, eliminating the need to traverse multiple operation levels.
2Ease of operation
If auxiliary applications are hidden in multiple operation levels, then the interface can maintain a simple main interface, but users may not discover or utilize these applications
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments different application resources into distinct card-shaped display areas, each visible on the main interface. This allows the main interface to remain simple and uncluttered while simultaneously making all application types visible and discoverable, eliminating the need to hide applications in nested menus.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the main interface and application access interface into a single unified main interface. By integrating card-shaped display areas directly onto the main interface, the system combines the simplicity of a clean main interface with the functionality of an application selection interface, making all applications visible without adding complexity.
3Ease of operation
If multiple types of application resources are displayed separately, then users can easily find specific applications, but the interface layout becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The interface uses card-shaped display areas to segment different application resources by type. Each card is a self-contained unit with a standardized layout, which simplifies the overall interface design while enabling easy access to multiple application categories. The segmentation is achieved through a unified card template rather than complex custom layouts.
Solution Approach 2:
Each card-shaped display area has a specialized function for displaying a specific type of application resource, with localized information presentation tailored to that application type. This allows the overall interface to remain simple and consistent while providing customized, optimized displays for different application categories within each card.
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AI summary
An electronic device, including: one or more hardware interfaces each for connecting to a signal source to receive at least one type of application resources; a control chip electrically connected to the one or more hardware interfaces, the control chip being configured to classify and integrate one or more types of application resources received through the one or more hardware interfaces, and generate a display signal for a main interface including a number of areas arranged according to a predetermined layout, wherein each area is configured to display information regarding a same type of the classified and integrated application resources, and different areas are configured to display information regarding different types of the classified and integrated application resources; and a display screen electrically connected to the control chip to display the main interface according to the display signal.