Broadcast Control Device for Cellular Content Policy Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing broadcast systems in cellular communication are rigid and lack flexibility in content distribution, limiting content providers' ability to configure geographic, temporal, and bandwidth-specific policies for their transmissions.
Innovation Solution
A broadcast control device and method that allow content providers to set transmission policies, including geographic, temporal, and bandwidth restrictions, which are enforced by the system to ensure compliant content delivery to wireless devices, enhancing flexibility and network efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If broadcast systems use fixed rigid transmission control, then network management is simplified, but content providers cannot configure geographic, temporal, and bandwidth-specific policies for their transmissions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a broadcast control device as an intermediary between content providers and the broadcast transmission system. This mediator obtains transmission policies from content providers (including geographic, temporal, and bandwidth restrictions) and enforces them by blocking non-compliant content feeds. This resolves the contradiction by enabling flexible content-specific policies without requiring complex modifications to the core broadcast system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the transmission control function into separate policy components: geographic restrictions, temporal restrictions, and bandwidth restrictions. Each restriction type can be independently configured and enforced. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple policy dimensions without creating overwhelming complexity, as each segment can be managed separately by the broadcast control device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If operators control all broadcast transmissions, then network security is maintained, but content providers cannot configure their own transmission policies
Solution Approach 1:
The broadcast control device serves as a trusted intermediary that receives transmission policies from content providers and enforces them on behalf of the operator. The device obtains policies including geographic area restrictions, time restrictions, and bandwidth restrictions from content providers, then blocks any content feeds violating these policies. This maintains operator control and network security while enabling content provider autonomy in configuring their transmission preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the broadcast control device continuously monitors incoming content feeds against the obtained transmission policies and actively blocks non-compliant feeds. This feedback loop ensures that content provider configurations are reliably enforced without requiring direct operator intervention in each transmission decision.
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AI summary
It is presented a method, performed in a broadcast control device (1), for controlling broadcast transmissions in a cellular communication system (8) to wireless devices (2). The method comprises the steps of: obtaining (30) a transmission policy associated with a content provider (6), the transmission policy comprising a restriction to only broadcast a content feed to a geographically limited area; and blocking (32) any content feeds from the content provider (6) violating the transmission policy associated with the content provider (6). A corresponding broadcast control device (1), system, computer program and computer program product are also presented.