Wireless Multimedia Information Display System for Targeted Content Delivery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional television advertisements are ineffective due to short durations and limited presentation capabilities, leading to difficulty in capturing viewers' attention and failing to deliver relevant multimedia information to interested audiences, who often spend unnecessary time searching for pertinent content.

Innovation Solution

A multimedia system comprising a multimedia transmission device, a playback device, and an information display device with wireless communication and signal processing capabilities, which transmits and displays multimedia content with time-related fields, allowing for synchronized display of pertinent information related to targets like people, objects, and scenes within the content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If consuming information is superimposed on multimedia content or shown as ticker at the edge, then the information is delivered to viewers, but the viewing quality is severely influenced and the consuming information may bother the audience who are not interested

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery of consuming informationVSAvoidviewing quality degradation and audience irritation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the information delivery by creating a separate display channel for consuming information through the mobile device, distinct from the main multimedia content display. This segmentation allows the television to maintain full viewing quality while the mobile device presents consuming information in an organized, non-intrusive manner that can be controlled by the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile device acts as an intermediary between the television system and the viewer. It receives consuming information from the television via wireless communication and presents it in a controlled format, mediating the information delivery to prevent direct interference with the viewing experience while ensuring information reaches the interested audience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If traditional television advertisements are used, then the information is presented to audiences, but the advertisements are very short and audiences lose the focus easily

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepresentation of consuming informationVSAvoidadvertisement duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms the static, time-constrained television advertisement into a dynamic information delivery system. Consuming information is transmitted wirelessly to mobile devices where it can be displayed at the viewer's convenience, allowing the information to persist beyond the brief television broadcast and be accessed on-demand rather than being constrained by advertisement timing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds a spatial dimension to information delivery by utilizing the mobile device's display as a separate viewing surface. This dimensional shift allows consuming information to be presented in a dedicated space rather than competing for attention on the television screen, enabling longer, more detailed information presentation without time pressure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Loss of information

If viewers need to search for pertinent multimedia information on the Internet or through other channels, then they can find information, but they must spend unnecessary time for searching and sometimes still cannot find the correct information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to pertinent multimedia informationVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by proactively transmitting consuming information from the television content to the viewer's mobile device automatically. This eliminates the need for viewers to initiate searches, as the relevant information is already delivered to their device in real-time or near-real-time, ready for immediate viewing without search effort or time investment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables effective and timely delivery of multimedia information to users, enhancing viewer engagement by providing relevant details without interfering with the main content, thus improving the viewing experience and reducing search time for target-specific information.

Implementation Method 1

a wireless communication device, and a signal processing device; wherein the wireless communication device of the multimedia information display device receives a multimedia information pertinent to the multimedia content

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectWireless communication: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS8755670B2Multimedia system, relevant multimedia information display device and multimedia information transmission method
Publication Date: 2014.06.17 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

A multimedia system is disclosed, having a multimedia playback device and a multimedia information display device. The multimedia playback device is used to provide the multimedia content received from a multimedia transmission device. The multimedia information display device has a display device, a wireless communication device, and a signal processing device for cooperating with the multimedia playback device. The wireless communication device of the multimedia information display device receives the multimedia information. The signal processing device configures the display device to display the multimedia information pertinent to the multimedia content played on the multimedia playback device.