Unified Media Navigation Interface for Multiple Viewing Planes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current multimedia systems require separate interfaces for television, internet, and personal media, leading to cumbersome and complex navigation, with menus often obstructing the multimedia stream and providing inadequate information.
Innovation Solution
An integrated on-screen media navigation system with multiple multimedia viewing planes that provides a unified interface for television, internet, and personal media, allowing seamless navigation through inter-process communication and message routing, enabling users to access various media sources without disrupting the multimedia stream.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate interfaces are used for television, internet, and personal media, then each interface can be specialized for its function, but the system complexity increases and navigation becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate multimedia interfaces (television, internet, personal media) into a single unified interface. This unified interface presents multiple viewing planes simultaneously, allowing users to access different media types without switching between separate interfaces, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified interface is designed to perform multiple functions by supporting different viewing planes for various media types (television, internet, personal media) within a single interface framework. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate specialized interfaces while maintaining the adaptability to handle diverse media content.
2Ease of operation
If menus cover the entire display to provide navigation options, then navigation functionality is complete, but the multimedia stream is blocked and viewing experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional full-screen menus to a multi-plane viewing architecture where navigation elements and media content coexist in different spatial planes. This dimensional reorganization allows navigation functionality to be accessed without blocking the multimedia stream, as elements are arranged in a layered spatial structure rather than competing for the same display space.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is segmented into multiple viewing planes, with each plane dedicated to specific content or navigation functions. This segmentation allows different portions of the interface to serve different purposes simultaneously, enabling navigation without completely obscuring the multimedia content through strategic placement of navigation elements.
3Loss of information
If menus cover only a portion of the display to preserve multimedia visibility, then multimedia stream remains visible, but navigation options become limited and complex
Solution Approach 1:
By introducing multiple viewing planes, the system provides comprehensive navigation options without restricting them to a single partial display area. Navigation elements are distributed across different planes and positions, making them accessible while preserving multimedia visibility in other areas.
4Reliability
If multiple separate interfaces are used for different media types, then each interface can be optimized for its specific function, but the user experience becomes fragmented and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple optimized interfaces into a unified interface that maintains the functional optimizations of each original interface while presenting them in a coherent, integrated manner. This allows users to benefit from specialized interface features without experiencing the fragmentation of multiple separate interfaces.
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AI summary
A mechanism is described for facilitating multiple multimedia viewing planes in media display systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes using a plurality of multimedia planes corresponding to a plurality of multimedia content types. The plurality of multimedia planes may be integrated to be presented through an integrated user interface at a media processing device. The method may further include selecting, via the integrated user interface, one or more content categories from a plurality of multimedia content categories, and presenting, via a multimedia plane of the plurality of multimedia planes, contents associated with the one or more selected content categories.