Television Recording Priority Ranking Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face the challenge of adjusting television program series recording priority rankings according to their changing preferences without manually reassigning them each time, as existing systems require users to recognize changes in preferences and manually update rankings.

Innovation Solution

A system that automatically monitors users' viewing habits for multiple television program series and adjusts recording priority rankings accordingly, sending notifications to upgrade rankings and recording skipped episodes during rebroadcasts without conflicts with higher priority broadcasts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually adjust recording priority rankings, then recording priority rankings can be updated according to user preferences, but users must recognize changes in preferences and manually update rankings each time

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to user preference changesVSAvoidmanual update requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors user viewing habits and adjusts recording priority rankings without requiring user intervention. The DVR system serves itself by detecting when users watch certain programs and automatically modifying the priority rankings based on observed behavior patterns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop where user viewing habits are continuously monitored and fed back into the priority ranking algorithm. This feedback mechanism allows the system to automatically adapt rankings based on actual user behavior rather than requiring manual updates

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If recording priority ranking is set for multiple television program series, then preferred shows can be recorded, but conflicts occur when multiple shows are scheduled at the same time slot

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of recorded showsVSAvoidrecording conflict management

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts recording priorities based on real-time monitoring of user viewing habits. Rather than using static priority rankings, the system continuously adapts the priority levels of different programs based on observed user behavior, allowing flexible resolution of scheduling conflicts

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If skipped episodes are recorded during rebroadcasts, then more episodes can be captured, but recording may conflict with higher priority broadcasts

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveepisode capture rateVSAvoidrecording conflict

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary monitoring of user viewing habits and program schedules to identify potential recording conflicts before they occur. By anticipating conflicts in advance, the system can plan alternative recording strategies such as capturing skipped episodes during rebroadcasts only when no higher priority programs are scheduled

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11758219B2Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking

Publication Date: 2023.09.12 SLING MEDIA PVT LTD

AI summary

Systems and methods for facilitating setting of television program series recording priority ranking include functionality that monitors television series program viewing habits of a user for a plurality of different television program series. The system then changes television program series recording priority rankings to resolve recording conflicts based on the monitoring of the television series program viewing habits. In some embodiments, the system first sends a notification to the user of an option to upgrade a recording priority ranking. Additionally, the system may record television program episodes whose recordings were skipped due to them having a lower recording priority ranking. The system may record such skipped television program episodes during the next time slot in which a skipped episode is rebroadcast and does not conflict with a higher priority broadcast.