Tile-Based Media Interface for Live Content Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic program guides face inefficiencies in allowing users to navigate and select video content, particularly with large numbers of channels and video on demand clips, as users struggle to identify interesting content due to limited sorting mechanisms and excessive information overload.
Innovation Solution
A tile-based mechanism for displaying media content, allowing users to efficiently browse and manage content through personalized tiles that incorporate user preferences, popularity, and real-time information, with options for selection and management, including live video, on-demand content, and dynamic visual arrangements based on viewership.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If conventional list-based electronic program guides are used to display hundreds or thousands of video content options, then comprehensive content availability is provided, but user navigation efficiency deteriorates and content selection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the overwhelming list of video content into organized categories and groups (e.g., live events, on-demand content, recommended content). The interface divides content into manageable sections with hierarchical navigation, allowing users to browse categories rather than scrolling through thousands of individual items, thereby reducing selection time while maintaining comprehensive content availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces multiple dimensional organization beyond simple linear listing. Content is arranged in spatial dimensions (grid layouts, tiled interfaces) and hierarchical dimensions (categories, subcategories, tags). This multi-dimensional organization allows users to navigate content from multiple angles simultaneously, dramatically improving browsing efficiency compared to traditional one-dimensional lists.
2Ease of operation
If traditional sorting mechanisms are provided in electronic program guides, then basic content organization is achieved, but navigation efficiency remains limited due to insufficient sorting options
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic sorting and filtering mechanisms that adapt to user behavior. Sorting criteria can be changed on-the-fly without reloading entire content lists. The system dynamically adjusts content presentation based on user preferences, viewing history, and real-time interactions, making navigation increasingly efficient over time while providing versatile sorting options.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent provides a universal navigation framework that combines multiple sorting, filtering, and searching functions within a single interface. Users can simultaneously apply multiple criteria (category, time, popularity, personal preferences) and switch between different navigation modes (browsing, searching, recommending). This multi-functional approach greatly enhances both ease of operation and adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extensive video content options are presented to users, then content variety is maximized, but information overload occurs making it difficult to identify interesting content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that learn from user interactions (views, ratings, time spent). The system uses this feedback to refine content recommendations and prioritize interesting content in the interface. Personalized recommendations are generated based on accumulated user preferences, filtering out less relevant content and highlighting content likely to interest the user, thereby maintaining variety while reducing information overload.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary content curation and personalization before presenting content to users. Content is pre-filtered, ranked, and organized based on user profiles and predicted preferences. This preliminary action ensures that when users encounter content, it is already optimized for their interests, reducing the cognitive load of identifying interesting content while preserving access to diverse content options.
Data Source
AI summary
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to linearly or non-linearly discover and navigate media content including live events. A smart timeline includes panels of event information, previews, images, etc. Moving ahead allows discovery of future live media content and events and uncovers mechanisms for setting notifications and reminders. Moving back in time allows discovery of past events and mechanisms for replaying past video and audio content. Event navigation mechanisms can be integrated with calendaring applications to post and select events discovered using event navigation mechanisms.