Unified EPG for Multi-Source Content Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to seamlessly integrate and personalize content from multiple sources across various platforms, limiting users' flexibility in creating customized viewing schedules and sharing experiences.
Innovation Solution
A personalized content aggregation platform that allows users to configure and schedule content from multiple sources, including linear and on-demand content, using a navigation device, which then instructs a display device to present the content according to the user's plan, and enables sharing of these schedules via social media.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access content from multiple sources across different platforms, then content variety and personalization improve, but system complexity and integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an EPG application as an intermediary layer between multiple content sources and the user interface. This EPG application receives content information from various sources (broadcast content, on-demand content, internet content) and presents them through a unified electronic program guide interface, thereby integrating multiple platforms without increasing user-facing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The EPG application serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays broadcast schedules, on-demand content catalogs, and internet content links through a single interface. This multi-functional approach allows the system to handle diverse content sources without requiring separate systems for each platform
2Ease of operation
If users are provided with separate access methods for linear TV and on-demand content, then system simplicity is maintained, but user convenience and viewing flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the access interfaces for linear TV content and on-demand content into a single unified EPG interface. Users can browse and select from both broadcast schedules and on-demand catalogs through the same application, eliminating the need to switch between separate access methods and improving overall convenience
Data Source
AI summary
A user device receives, from a network device, a content index of content items available for presentation via a content distribution network. The user device presents a user interface to configure a personalized channel plan and receives, via the user interface, user input to configure the personalized channel plan. The personalized channel plan includes a schedule of selected content items, from the content index, for presentation on a remote viewing device. The user device sends, to a remote viewing device, presentation instructions for the personalized channel plan, wherein the instructions cause the viewing device to present the selected content items to the user.