Associating Device for Flexible Media Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media content delivery systems are inflexible, as they typically involve direct coupling between input reception devices and destination devices, limiting the ability to provision selected media to multiple devices remotely or in different locations.
Innovation Solution
A system that associates an input reception device with multiple media destination devices, allowing flexible coupling and provisioning of media content through an associating device and a media delivery device, which can be remotely located, using various communication links such as IP, USB, or wireless connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an input reception device is directly coupled to a single destination device, then the system structure is simple, but the system lacks flexibility and cannot provision media to multiple devices remotely
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an associating device as an intermediary component that mediates between the input reception device and multiple destination devices. This associating device maintains a plurality of associations, each linking the input reception device to different destination devices, thereby enabling flexible media provisioning to multiple devices without directly complicating the core signal transmission path.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct functional components: the input reception device, the associating device, and multiple destination devices. The associating device is further segmented into multiple association entries, each independently managing connections to different destination devices. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple destination devices independently while maintaining overall structural clarity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the input reception device is coupled to multiple destination devices remotely, then media provisioning flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The associating device is designed with multi-functionality, serving as a universal intermediary that can manage connections to multiple different types of destination devices through a single unified structure. This allows the input reception device to be coupled to multiple destination devices remotely without requiring separate coupling mechanisms for each device type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional aspect to the system architecture by adding the associating device layer between the input reception device and destination devices. This additional dimension (the association management dimension) allows multiple destination devices to be managed systematically without increasing the direct coupling complexity between the input reception device and each individual destination device.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a system for media content delivery to a media destination device of a plurality of media destinations devices. The media content delivery is based on an input of an input reception device where based on the input the media content is selected. The system for media content delivery further comprises an associating device that is adapted to associate the input reception device with at least one media destination device of a plurality of media destination devices.