Visualized Content Scheduling for Hands-Free Multi-Source Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing web navigation methods, such as clicking on hyperlinks and typing URLs, are not suitable for small devices like smartphones and PDAs, and large displays like kiosks, and do not facilitate efficient viewing of frequently changing information without user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for dynamically displaying visualized units on a display device, scheduling sets of units for a time period, allowing user selection, sharing, and mixing units based on preferences, with thumbnail images arranged in a time-changing matrix, enabling interactive and efficient viewing of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If web navigation uses clicking on hyperlinks and typing URLs, then information can be accessed, but the method is not suitable for small devices like smartphones and PDAs with limited control
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic content delivery where visualized units are pushed to users based on their preferences and selections, eliminating the need for manual navigation. The system serves content automatically through scheduling mechanisms, making it accessible on devices with limited input capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces visualized units as an intermediary representation of content that can be displayed directly on various devices. This intermediary form allows content to be accessed without requiring traditional web navigation, bridging the gap between different device capabilities and information access needs.
2Area of stationary object
If traditional web browsing is used on large displays like kiosks, then content can be viewed, but user input is often not allowed or limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically schedules and delivers visualized units to large displays without requiring user input. The scheduling mechanism operates autonomously, selecting and displaying content based on pre-configured preferences and time periods, making large displays functional even without user interaction capabilities.
3Quantity of substance
If users want to view large assortments of frequently changing information, then more content can be accessed, but users do not have time or desire to click to various pages
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple sources of visualized units into unified displays, presenting diverse information in a single consolidated view. This consolidation allows users to access content from multiple sources simultaneously without navigating to separate pages, saving time while increasing information access.
Solution Approach 2:
The automatic scheduling system continuously updates and refreshes visualized units without user intervention, delivering frequently changing information automatically. This eliminates the need for users to manually refresh or navigate to updates, providing continuous access to current information.
4Adaptability or versatility
If visualized units are displayed dynamically from multiple sources, then content variety increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments content into standardized visualized units with consistent data structures and display formats. This segmentation allows diverse content from multiple sources to be processed and displayed uniformly, managing complexity through standardization while maintaining content variety.
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AI summary
Techniques for dynamic display of visualized units received from plural sources are described. Visualized units are scheduled for display for a time period and rendered on the display for the time period. The visualized units can be shared according to user preferences, picked according to a user selection into personal, shareable sets of visualized units. The visualized units can be annotated, mixed from different sources and focused.