Set-Top Box Iconography for Television Interaction Metadata
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack an efficient method to capture and present detailed television interaction information, such as viewed content, scheduling, and user preferences, making it difficult for users and service providers to manage and suggest content effectively.
Innovation Solution
A set-top box (STB) and television system that collects and stores metadata on television interactions, including user identification and content details, and presents this information in a user-friendly format using iconography and graphical indicia, allowing users to manage their preferences and service providers to suggest content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If detailed television interaction information is collected and stored, then content recommendation accuracy and user preference management improve, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments television interaction information into distinct categories including viewed content metadata, scheduling information, user preferences, and interaction timestamps. This segmentation allows the system to manage complex data through organized, discrete components that can be processed independently, resolving the contradiction between detailed information collection and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms television interaction data from raw logs into a multi-dimensional representation using iconography and graphical indicia. Each icon encodes multiple data dimensions (content type, user, time, interaction type) simultaneously, allowing precise information presentation without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive television interaction data is captured, then content suggestion quality improves, but information processing time and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary organization of television interaction data during the capture phase, structuring metadata, scheduling information, and user preferences in standardized formats. This preliminary structuring reduces subsequent processing time while maintaining complete information, as data is ready for immediate analysis without requiring extensive post-capture processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates condensed graphical representations (icons and graphical indicia) that copy essential information from detailed interaction data. These visual copies preserve the complete information content while enabling faster processing and display, as the system can work with compact icon representations rather than processing all raw data details continuously.
3Loss of information
If television interaction information is presented in detailed format, then information completeness improves, but user interface complexity and ease of use deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded graphical indicia and iconography to represent different types of television interaction information. Colors provide immediate visual differentiation of content categories, user preferences, and interaction types, allowing complete information presentation in an intuitively organized, easy-to-scan format that maintains user interface simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms detailed interaction information into a visual dimension using icons and graphical indicators displayed on the television interface. This dimensional transformation presents complete information in a spatially organized visual format that is far more easily processed by users than text-based detailed reports, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and ease of use.
Data Source
AI summary
A method may include receiving identification information associated with each of one or more users. Interactions may be received from the one or more users relating to content displayed on a television device. Interaction information associated with the interactions may be captured, wherein the interaction information includes at least interaction type information, interaction status information, interaction origin information, and user identification information. The captured interaction information may be stored. A request to display at least some of the captured interaction information may be received. At least some of the captured information may be retrieved and displayed responsive to the request.