Television Interfacing with Second Device for Interactive Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Televisions lack a fully interactive experience, and users face inconvenience when trying to interact with content being watched, as they need to manually enter information and may not have access to textual details, limiting their ability to engage with the content on their portable devices.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device, such as a smartphone or tablet, allowing users to access and interact with data from a centralized server, enabling automatic detection of content being watched and providing interactive functions like sharing and additional information retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually enter information to interact with content on portable devices, then they can access additional information, but the process is inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The television acts as an intermediary device that automatically detects content being watched and retrieves related information from a centralized server, mediating between the user's viewing experience and the portable device's interactive capabilities without requiring manual information entry
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting the content being watched and pre-retrieving related information from the server before the user needs to interact with it, so that when the user wants to interact with content, the information is already available
2Extent of automation
If television presents data in slideshow fashion with content-id detection, then content identification is automatic, but users cannot easily interact with the content on their portable devices
Solution Approach 1:
The television serves as a mediator that bridges the automated content detection capability with the portable device's interactive interface, allowing users to leverage both the automatic detection and the tactile interactivity of their portable devices in combination
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a new dimension of interaction by enabling communication between the television and portable devices through a network connection, allowing users to interact with detected content on a separate device rather than being limited to the television remote control
3Loss of information
If users want to access additional information about content being watched, then they need to manually enter details, but they may not have access to all textual details
Solution Approach 1:
The television acts as an intermediary that captures and transmits content information to the portable device, ensuring that all textual details from the content are made accessible to the user's portable device without requiring manual entry
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the content information and transmits it to the portable device, allowing users to access complete textual details about the content being watched on their portable device rather than having to manually enter or search for information
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.