Broadcast Reception With Buffered Communication Content Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies lack a technological scheme for integrating broadcasting and communication to provide customized services where communication content is seamlessly switched with broadcast content during a broadcast program, offering high-quality integrated services.

Innovation Solution

A reception apparatus with a reception block, acquisition block, output block, switch block, and buffer that switches between broadcast and inserted communication content, using trigger information to control the switching and storage of data, allowing communication content to be acquired via broadcasting or communication networks and reproduced in streaming or download manners.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If communication content is inserted and switched with broadcast content, then service customization and integration quality are improved, but system complexity increases due to multiple content sources and switching mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice customizationVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent embeds communication content within the broadcast content stream, nesting one content type inside another. The communication content is inserted at specific trigger points within the broadcast program, creating a hierarchical structure where communication services are contained within the broadcasting framework, enabling integration without requiring completely separate systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a content insertion mechanism that acts as an intermediary between broadcast content and communication content. This insertion unit receives triggers from broadcast content, acquires communication content from external sources, and seamlessly integrates it into the broadcast stream, managing the complexity of coordinating multiple content sources

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If content switching between broadcast and communication content is implemented, then service integration quality is improved, but data loss may occur during switching transitions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice integration qualityVSAvoiddata loss during switching

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by acquiring and buffering communication content in advance before the actual switching point is reached. When a trigger is detected in the broadcast content, the corresponding communication content is already prepared and ready for immediate insertion, eliminating gaps or data loss during the transition from broadcast to communication content

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a buffering mechanism that acts as a cushion during content switching. The buffer stores communication content temporarily, providing a safety margin that ensures smooth transitions without interruption or data loss, compensating for timing differences between broadcast triggers and communication content delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Ease of operation

If buffer is used to store broadcast content during switching, then seamless content transition is improved, but memory usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveseamless content transitionVSAvoidmemory usage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies buffering selectively rather than universally. Instead of buffering all broadcast content, the buffer is used only for specific segments where content switching is anticipated based on trigger detection. This localized application of buffering minimizes memory usage while maintaining seamless transitions at critical switching points

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12425691B2Reception apparatus, reception method, and program for switching between first and second content

Publication Date: 2025.09.23 SATURN LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception block configured to receive broadcast content broadcast via a broadcasting network; an acquisition block configured to acquire inserted content that is inserted in the broadcast content during the reception thereof; an output block configured to output at least one of the broadcast content and the inserted content; a switch block configured to switch between the broadcast content and the inserted content outputted from the output block; and a buffer configured to sequentially store data of the received broadcast content when the broadcast content is switched to the inserted content; wherein, if the inserted content is switched to the broadcast content, the output block outputs the broadcast content from the buffer while the inserted content is outputted.