Closed Peer-to-Peer Digital Signage Networks for Verified Logs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital signage systems face issues with unreliable log reports and require complex processes for advertisers to manage advertising content, favoring large-scale media operators over small-scale ones, necessitating a more efficient and reliable method for constructing and integrating media networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for constructing a closed peer-to-peer network that allows advertisers and media operators to freely transmit and receive advertising content, with real-time log report verification, using unique tickets and union tickets to integrate networks, ensuring reliability and simplifying the advertising process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If advertisers rely solely on log reports provided by media operators, then the advertising management process is simple, but the reliability of log reports deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where advertisers can directly check log reports through the closed peer-to-peer network. The system provides real-time feedback on advertising content playback status, allowing advertisers to verify whether content was shown at contracted times and timespan, thereby improving log report reliability while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a closed peer-to-peer network as an intermediary between advertisers and media operators. This network enables direct communication and verification of log reports without relying solely on media operator-provided reports, thus improving reliability while keeping the process simple for users.
2Reliability
If advertisers request advertisements through multiple steps via media operators, then the media operator can control content distribution, but the ease of use deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the content distribution control function from the complex multi-step process involving media operators. By establishing a closed peer-to-peer network, the system allows advertisers to directly request and receive advertisements without going through multiple intermediary steps, thereby improving ease of use while maintaining control over content distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the advertising process into simpler, more direct steps within the closed peer-to-peer network. Advertisers can directly request advertisements, and the system handles distribution through the network, eliminating the need for complex multi-step processes while maintaining effective content distribution control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If small-scale media operators operate individually, then each operator maintains independent control, but the market presence deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables small-scale media operators to merge their networks into a unified closed peer-to-peer network. By combining multiple small operators' media resources, the system achieves the scale and market presence of large operators while preserving the independence and adaptability of individual operators through the peer-to-peer architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal closed peer-to-peer network that can accommodate both small and large media operators. This network provides multi-functional capabilities, allowing small operators to participate in the same ecosystem as large operators, thereby increasing market presence while maintaining operator independence and adaptability.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method and device for constructing a closed peer-to-peer network for digital signage, and comprises the steps, performed by an operating device, of: receiving, from a first terminal, a construction request signal for constructing a first network, which is a closed peer-to-peer network, by using a plurality of terminals including the first terminal and at least one second terminal; issuing a unique ticket according to the construction request signal; transmitting the unique ticket to the plurality of terminals; generating a terminal list for the plurality of terminals and transmitting the terminal list to the plurality of terminals; and constructing the first network with the plurality of terminals. The present invention can also be applied as other embodiments.