Unified Playlist Interface for Cross-Type Content Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience in managing and playing various types of multimedia content, as existing methods require separate playlists for each content type, necessitating a more efficient method for generating and managing playlists across different content types.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating a playlist that allows users to select and collect different types of content, such as broadcast, photo, music, and video, and display play information, including titles, start times, and thumbnails, with the option to adjust play order based on broadcast schedules and user preferences, using a remote controller and multimedia system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If separate playlists are created for each content type, then content management is organized and systematic, but user convenience deteriorates due to the need to switch between multiple playlists
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate content lists (broadcast, photo, music, video) into a single unified playlist interface. Users can select contents from different types and add them to one playlist, eliminating the need to switch between multiple separate playlists while maintaining organized content management through the unified interface.
2Reliability
If multiple separate browsers are executed for different content types, then each content type can be browsed effectively, but system complexity increases and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal content selection interface that can handle multiple content types (broadcast, photo, music, video) within a single browser. The unified playlist function serves multiple purposes: selecting contents, managing playlists, and playing different content types, replacing the need for separate specialized browsers.
3Manufacturing precision
If separate playlists are managed for each content type, then content specificity is maintained, but time consumption increases due to repeated playlist creation and switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple content type selections into a single playlist creation process. Users can simultaneously select contents from broadcast, photo, music, and video lists and add them to one playlist, eliminating the time-consuming process of creating and switching between multiple separate playlists while maintaining content specificity through organized content lists.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for providing a playlist, a remote controller applying the same, and a multimedia system are provided. The method for providing a playlist includes displaying a plurality of content lists of a plurality of kinds of contents in which contents of a same kind are arranged together, the plurality of content lists being displayed on a first area of a screen, if at least two different kinds of contents are selected from the plurality of content lists in a selecting, collecting the selected contents of the at least two different kinds of contents, and generating and displaying a playlist including play information regarding the collected contents of the at least two different kinds of contents.