Social Tipping Management System for Digital TV

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Solution Overview

Problem

Viewers watching digital television broadcasting programs on traditional televisions find it difficult to give tips to program performers due to the unilateral nature of digital television broadcasting.

Innovation Solution

A social tipping management system that includes a data broadcasting creation server to create content with tip-giving information and a management server to receive and process tip data via an Internet connection, allowing viewers to easily give tips using their remote controls or smartphones.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If digital television broadcasting is used for program distribution, then images are delivered unilaterally to the viewer, but it becomes difficult for viewers to give tips to program performers

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of giving tipVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines data broadcasting with digital television broadcasting to create an integrated system. The data broadcasting content is superimposed on or displayed alongside the main program, allowing viewers to interact with tipping functionality while watching the program. This merging of broadcasting systems enables tip-giving capability without requiring viewers to switch to a completely different platform.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a data broadcasting layer as an intermediary between the viewer and the program performer. This intermediary layer provides the tipping interface and communication channel, allowing viewers to send tips to performers through the data broadcasting content while the main program continues to play. The intermediary facilitates the interaction without disrupting the primary broadcasting function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If a tip function is integrated into data broadcasting content, then viewers can easily give tips during program viewing, but the system requires coordination between multiple broadcasting systems

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of giving tipVSAvoidsystem compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The data broadcasting content serves multiple functions: it displays program information, provides tipping functionality, and maintains compatibility with existing digital television broadcasting infrastructure. By making the system multi-functional, the patent enables tip-giving capability while preserving the universality of the broadcasting platform for other purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the broadcasting system into separate functional layers: the main program broadcasting layer and the data broadcasting content layer. This segmentation allows the tipping functionality to be added as an independent module within the data broadcasting content, improving system adaptability and reducing the complexity of integrating multiple functions into a single system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250113074A1Social tipping management system
Publication Date: 2025.04.03 TSUGII KAORI
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AI summary

In a tipping management system 10 for allowing viewers to give a tip to program performers of digital television broadcasting, data broadcasting content to be displayed on a television 2 when a digital television broadcasting program is displayed on the television 2 includes information for the viewer to give the tip. The social tipping management system 10 comprises a data broadcasting creation server for creating the data broadcasting content including information for giving the tip, and a management server 1 for receiving tip data via an Internet line when the viewer gives the tip based on the information for giving the tip included in the data broadcasting content, and determining the amount of money to be distributed to the program performer.