Adaptive Media Streaming for Mobile Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing demand for media content streaming on mobile devices burdens mobile networks with high bandwidth usage, leading to increased infrastructure costs and data consumption, as users often receive unwanted output modes like audio and video simultaneously, consuming unnecessary bandwidth and battery power.

Innovation Solution

A media content provider adapts media content on a server before transmission to mobile devices, allowing users to select and receive only desired output modes such as audio or video, reducing unnecessary data transmission and power consumption by deleting or downscaling undesired components like video and closed-captioning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If media content is transmitted in all output modes (audio, video, closed-captioning) by default, then users receive complete content, but bandwidth usage and battery power consumption increase unnecessarily

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent completenessVSAvoidbattery power consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and transmits only the specific output mode components that users need. The server identifies the device type and delivers only the relevant content format (e.g., audio-only for podcasts, video for movies), removing unnecessary components before transmission to reduce bandwidth and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different content delivery strategies to different device types and user preferences. Each mobile device receives customized media content tailored to its capabilities (audio output, video output, or both), ensuring optimal quality and efficiency for each specific use case rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If media content is transmitted in all output modes (audio, video, closed-captioning) by default, then users receive complete content, but bandwidth usage and infrastructure costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent completenessVSAvoidbandwidth usage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The server extracts and transmits only the specific output mode components that users need. The server identifies the device type and delivers only the relevant content format (e.g., audio-only for podcasts, video for movies), removing unnecessary components before transmission to reduce bandwidth and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the transmission parameters based on device type and user preferences. The server adjusts the content delivery by modifying output mode parameters (audio, video, closed-captioning combinations) to match the specific requirements of each mobile device, optimizing bandwidth utilization across the network.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If users download or stream media content over mobile networks, then users can access content on mobile devices, but data usage quota is consumed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent accessibilityVSAvoiddata usage quota

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

4Manufacturing precision

If media content is transmitted in highest quality display format, then content quality is improved, but bandwidth usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent qualityVSAvoidbandwidth usage

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2901806B1Methods and systems for dynamic media content output for mobile devices

Publication Date: 2023.07.26 INTEL CORP

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AI summary

Embodiments of mechanisms for dynamic media content type streaming management for mobile devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive selection input pertaining to generating output from a media file containing at least two of audio data, video data, and closed-captioning data, the selection input selecting at least one of audio, video, and closed-captioning to be output during play of the media content. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate an audio output as a signal in response to the selection input including audio. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a video output as a signal in response to the selection input including video. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a closed-captioning output as a signal in response to selection input including closed-captioning.