Audio Format Selection via Acoustic Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
In unicast contexts, communicating multiple audio formats unnecessarily consumes network resources, as devices often require selecting an appropriate format based on their configuration, which is not efficiently managed by existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
A system where a computing system sends digitally encoded audio to a user system, which records and analyzes the sound produced, allowing the system to select and send the appropriate audio format over the network, optimizing resource usage by adapting to the user device's capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple audio formats are communicated over the network in unicast context, then receiving devices can select appropriate format based on their capabilities, but network resources are unnecessarily consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by having the receiving device record and analyze audio samples before the actual audio content is transmitted. The computing system uses this advance information about the device's audio capabilities to pre-determine the appropriate audio format, thereby avoiding the transmission of multiple audio formats and reducing network resource consumption while ensuring device compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by having the receiving device send back recorded audio samples to the computing system. This feedback loop allows the computing system to analyze the device's audio processing capabilities and据此 select the most appropriate audio format, resolving the contradiction between device adaptability and network resource efficiency
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AI summary
In accordance with one or more embodiments, digitally encoded audio may be sent by a computing system to a user system over a network. The user system may receive the digitally encoded audio, may produce a sound encoded within the digitally encoded audio, and may record a sample of the sound as produced by the user system. The sample may be analyzed, a format of digitally encoded audio may be selected based on the analysis, and audio digitally encoded in accordance with the selected format may be sent by the computing system to the user system over the network.