Communication Apparatus Dynamic URL Selection for Content Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content distribution systems face difficulties in content data reception, particularly when a user attempts to acquire content that has already been transmitted from a network camera to a storage server, making it challenging for reception apparatuses to access the content.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus with an acquisition unit, transmission unit, determination unit, generation unit, and provision unit that acquires, transmits, and manages media content, determining the acquisition source URL based on transmission state, and generates a description file to provide the content, allowing seamless acquisition and distribution across multiple apparatuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If content data is transmitted from a network camera to a storage server, then the storage server can store the content data, but the reception apparatus cannot acquire the content data from the network camera if it has already been transmitted to the storage server
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines the acquisition source URL based on the transmission state of media content. The determination unit checks whether content has been transmitted to the storage server and dynamically selects between the network camera and storage server as the acquisition source, making the system adaptable to different operational states
Solution Approach 2:
The communication apparatus acts as an intermediary between the network camera and reception apparatus. It receives content from the network camera, determines the appropriate acquisition source, and provides a description file that guides the reception apparatus to the correct source, facilitating seamless content acquisition
2Reliability
If the communication apparatus determines the acquisition source URL based on transmission state, then content data can be accessed from the appropriate source, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the content distribution function into distinct units: an acquisition unit that obtains content, a transmission unit that sends content to the storage server, and a determination unit that selects the acquisition source. This segmentation allows each unit to perform its function independently, improving reliability without overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The determination unit uses feedback from the transmission state to dynamically determine the acquisition source URL. By monitoring whether content has been transmitted to the storage server and using this feedback to select the appropriate source, the system ensures reliable content access while maintaining manageable complexity through automated decision-making
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AI summary
A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a media content, a transmission unit configured to transmit the media content acquired by the acquisition unit to another communication apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether to describe, as an acquisition source URL of the media content acquired by the acquisition unit, a URL of the communication apparatus or a URL of the another communication apparatus, in accordance with a state of transmission of the media content by the transmission unit, a generation unit configured to generate, based on the determination made by the determination unit, a description file in which the acquisition source URL of each predetermined unit of the media content is described, and a provision unit configured to provide the description file generated by the generation unit.