TV Widget Navigation System With Sticky Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current TV systems do not allow users to navigate and manage widgets effectively, limiting the ability to select and customize widget profiles, and making it difficult to keep certain widgets visible on the screen while watching TV.
Innovation Solution
A system that integrates an Internet-enabled device with a TV unit, allowing users to create and manage widget profiles, select widgets, and set them as 'sticky' for persistent display, with features like password protection and customizable themes, enabling users to mix widgets with regular TV content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If widgets are displayed on TV screen during regular TV viewing, then user interaction and information access are improved, but screen space and viewing quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by placing widgets in specific peripheral regions of the TV screen rather than uniformly across the display. Widgets are positioned in corner or edge areas where they provide information access without interfering with the main TV content area, thus maintaining different quality characteristics in different screen zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The screen is segmented into distinct functional zones: the main TV content area and separate widget display areas. This segmentation allows independent control of each zone, enabling widgets to be displayed in designated regions without compromising the overall viewing experience or screen real estate for primary content.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple widgets are displayed simultaneously, then information diversity is improved, but navigation complexity and user control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Widgets are organized into separate navigable groups or categories rather than presenting all widgets as a single undifferentiated set. This segmentation allows users to navigate through widgets in manageable subsets, reducing the cognitive load and operational complexity despite having multiple widgets available.
Solution Approach 2:
The widget display system dynamically adapts to user interaction patterns, allowing users to select, hide, or prioritize specific widgets during TV viewing. This dynamic control enables users to adjust the number and type of visible widgets based on current needs, maintaining ease of operation while preserving access to diverse information.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If widgets are made sticky for persistent display, then information availability is improved, but screen space for TV content decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Sticky widgets are positioned in dedicated peripheral zones that are spatially separated from the main TV content area. This local placement ensures that widgets maintain persistent visibility without encroaching on the primary viewing area, allowing both TV content and widget information to coexist with minimal interference.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes the temporal dimension by implementing different display modes: widgets can be temporarily displayed during TV viewing and then persist after TV content ends. This dimensional approach allows widgets to be sticky without permanently reducing TV content space, as their persistent presence occurs in the time dimension rather than competing for spatial resources.
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AI summary
System for providing widgets on a display of a TV unit, which TV unit is provided with an internal or external Internet-enabled device which provides Internet to the TV unit, and the system includes an internal or external control device for controlling the TV unit. The Internet-enabled device is arranged for providing widgets on the display of the TV unit together with a normal TV-sending or other programs, videos, or similar, a TV-viewer desires to watch. The invention also includes a method for the same.