Video Display Device Web Browsing Thumbnail Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital TV services, such as IPTV, lack user-friendly methods for efficiently navigating and accessing various interactive content services on video display devices, particularly in terms of web browsing and content organization.
Innovation Solution
A video display device with integrated AI capabilities and a web browser that supports handwriting input, touch screens, or spatial remote controllers, allowing for seamless internet access and providing features like email, banking, gaming, and web browsing, with a user-friendly interface and thumbnail-based content organization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If web browsing services are provided on video display devices, then interactive content access is improved, but user navigation efficiency deteriorates due to lack of organized content presentation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments web content into discrete thumbnail images representing different web pages or content sections. These thumbnails are displayed in an organized grid layout, allowing users to visually navigate through content segments rather than using traditional linear browsing methods. This segmentation transforms overwhelming continuous web content into manageable visual units.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a visual dimension to web browsing by displaying thumbnail images in a two-dimensional grid layout. Instead of traditional one-dimensional linear navigation (up/down/left/right through links), users can scan and select content across a visual plane, adding spatial dimensionality to the browsing experience and improving navigation efficiency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional web browsing interfaces are used, then internet access capability is provided, but user interaction efficiency deteriorates due to complex navigation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies of web content in the form of thumbnail images that represent full web pages or content sections. These thumbnails are condensed visual representations that users can quickly scan and select, eliminating the need to read through extensive text or navigate complex menus. The thumbnail copies provide an at-a-glance overview of available content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-generating and displaying thumbnail images of web content before users actually access the full content. This allows users to preview and evaluate content in advance, making informed decisions about what to access next, thereby improving interaction efficiency by reducing unnecessary navigation and loading time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive web services are integrated into video display devices, then service functionality is improved, but interface complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal thumbnail-based navigation interface that can handle multiple web services and content types through a single consistent interaction paradigm. Whether users are browsing news, shopping, or accessing social media, the same thumbnail grid layout and selection mechanism applies, providing multi-functionality through a unified interface that reduces perceived complexity.
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AI summary
Provided is a method of performing web browsing in a video display device. The method includes: displaying on a screen a first object that displays a video of a broadcast signal received through a tuner and a second object that includes at least one application; selecting a web browsing application in the second object; displaying on a screen a web browser including thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of web pages, respectively, in response to the selection of the application; selecting at least one of the thumbnail images in the web browser; and displaying a web page corresponding to the selected thumbnail image.