Virtual Channel Allocation for Seamless Content Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when trying to continuously view preferred content on display apparatuses, such as TVs, as they need to execute applications, perform user authentication, and search for content, which involves cumbersome processes.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus with a processor that receives broadcast signals, communicates with servers, and allows users to select and add virtual channels based on viewing history, enabling seamless access to preferred content without the need for repeated authentication or searching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users want to view preferred content continuously, then viewing convenience should be improved, but users need to execute applications, perform authentication, and search for content which increases operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically executing applications, performing user authentication, and pre-selecting content based on viewing history before the user requests it. When a user inputs a channel number, the system has already prepared the content delivery, eliminating the need for manual application execution and authentication steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically managing application execution, authentication processes, and content selection based on stored viewing history. The display apparatus autonomously handles these tasks without requiring user intervention, allowing users to simply input a channel number to access their preferred content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system automatically allocates content to virtual channels based on viewing history, then user accessibility is improved, but system complexity increases due to channel management functions
Solution Approach 1:
The existing channel reception function is extended to serve multiple purposes. The same channel input mechanism that traditionally only tuned broadcast channels now also triggers content delivery from servers by matching input channel numbers with virtual channels created from viewing history, making the system adaptable without adding separate complex interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
Virtual channels act as intermediaries between the user's simple channel number input and the complex content delivery process. The virtual channel mapping table serves as a mediator that translates a simple numeric input into the appropriate content source, server URL, and application parameters, hiding the system complexity from the user.
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AI summary
A display apparatus includes: a display; a receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels; a communication interface configured to communicate with a server; and a processor configured to control the display to display an image of a first channel among the plurality of channels based on the broadcast signal received through the receiver, execute an application to receive content data for content selected by a user from content provided from the executed application from the server through the communication interface and to control the display to display a content image, and allocate the content corresponding to the displayed content image to a second channel among the plurality of channels based on an execution of an operation of allocating a virtual channel based on a predetermined user input while the content image is displayed.