Hierarchical Button Interface for Sports Data Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face limitations in simultaneously viewing multiple sporting events and accessing comprehensive statistical information, as well as integrating fantasy sports experiences with live and recorded events, due to the lack of an integrated platform for presenting and visualizing sports and fantasy sports information.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for visualizing information using a button hierarchy that allows dynamic data presentation, enabling users to navigate through multiple levels of granularity, integrating sports and fantasy sports data, and providing an integrated platform for viewing events, statistics, and participating in fantasy leagues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple channels are tuned simultaneously using picture in picture functionality, then multiple sporting events can be viewed, but the sound quality deteriorates and the display area for each event is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple hierarchical levels (first level, second level, third level buttons) that organize different types of information (sporting events, statistics, fantasy sports) into separate navigable sections. This allows users to access multiple events and information types without overlapping display elements interfering with each other.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional picture-in-picture display to a multi-level hierarchical interface that organizes information vertically through levels and categories. Users navigate through hierarchical menus and sub-menus to access different sporting events and information types, effectively using the vertical dimension to multiply viewing capabilities without reducing individual display quality.
2Loss of information
If statistical information is retrieved from non-television sources, then comprehensive statistics can be accessed, but user attention is diverted from the sporting event
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges statistical information, sporting event broadcasting, and fantasy sports interfaces into a single integrated platform. Statistics are displayed within the same interface as the sporting event broadcast, eliminating the need for users to switch between different devices or applications to access statistical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface provides multi-functional capabilities within a single system, allowing users to view sporting events, access comprehensive statistics, and manage fantasy sports teams through one unified platform. This universal interface eliminates the need for multiple separate platforms and maintains user attention on the primary sporting event while providing access to all required information.
3Reliability
If separate platforms are used for viewing sporting events, accessing statistics, and participating in fantasy leagues, then each function can be optimized, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines three previously separate platforms (sporting event viewing, statistical information access, and fantasy sports participation) into a single integrated interface. Users can access all three functions through one unified system, reducing the overall complexity of the technology stack while maintaining the functional optimization of each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface is designed as a universal platform that handles multiple functions simultaneously - displaying sporting events, providing comprehensive statistical information, and enabling fantasy sports team management. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for users to maintain separate optimized platforms for each function.
4Loss of information
If detailed statistical information is displayed, then information completeness is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments statistical information into multiple hierarchical levels (first level, second level, third level buttons) organized by category and granularity. Users can access detailed statistics through a structured navigation system that presents information in manageable sections rather than overwhelming the interface with all details simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface dynamically adapts its complexity based on user needs. Detailed statistical information is available but organized in a hierarchical structure that allows users to navigate only to the level of detail they require. The interface can expand or contract the amount of information displayed based on user interaction, maintaining simplicity when needed while providing comprehensive data when requested.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is directed to a system and method for visualizing information, e.g., information regarding a sporting event. The method may comprise identifying an event type and generating a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button hierarchy. A first level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more first level buttons is displayed with a lens further displayed on a given one of the one or more first level buttons, the lens operative to present first level data for the given first level button.