TV Content Selection Interface for Faster Desired Program Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

In multi-channel areas, users face difficulty in selecting desired content due to complex operations when conventional technologies fail to display the user's preferred content, necessitating additional steps to find desired programming.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that acquires user content selection information, determines display content and candidate information, and outputs a first display image based on this information, facilitating easy content selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a channel having the highest viewing frequency is selected automatically when television is powered on, then channel selection operation is simplified, but the desired content may not be displayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel selection operationVSAvoiddesired content display
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring content selection information before power-on, determining display content based on this information, and preparing the display image in advance. This ensures that when the user powers on the television, the desired content is already selected and ready to be displayed, combining automatic selection with user preference accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses content selection information as feedback about user preferences to automatically determine and select the appropriate display content. By continuously acquiring and utilizing feedback about what content users want to view, the system can accurately predict and select desired content without requiring manual channel surfing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If manual channel switching or EPG selection is performed by user, then desired content can be selected, but operation becomes complicated and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesired content selectionVSAvoidchannel selection time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs the channel selection and content determination actions in advance before the user needs to view content. By acquiring content selection information and determining the display content beforehand, the system eliminates the need for users to manually switch channels or search through EPG, significantly reducing the time and effort required to access desired content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The television system performs self-service by automatically acquiring content selection information, determining appropriate display content, and presenting it to the user without requiring manual intervention. This autonomous operation replaces the traditional manual channel switching process, making the system both time-efficient and reliable in selecting desired content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20260046481A1Information processing device and information processing method
Publication Date: 2026.02.12 SATURN LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

An information processing device (100) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control unit (160) configured to perform a process of acquiring content selection information about a user; a process of determining a display content and content selection candidate information based on the content selection information; and a process of outputting the display content and a first display image corresponding to the selection candidate information of the content.