Content Delivery System with Aspect Variant Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in determining and accessing different forms of content across various devices, as existing systems lack a seamless method to transition between aspect variants of media content, such as switching from a TV stream to an eBook or interactive game, without requiring separate app or device access.
Innovation Solution
A content delivery system that includes a mapping component to associate and deliver aspect variants of media content across devices, using a rewards-based scheme to grant permission for accessing different forms of content, allowing users to transition between variants based on acquired vouchers, enabling content to be consumed on multiple devices in various formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user wants to access different forms of content across multiple devices, then content accessibility and versatility improve, but system complexity and difficulty of managing content forms increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal content identifier system that works across multiple devices and content formats. Each piece of content is assigned a unique identifier that remains consistent regardless of the device or format, allowing users to access the same content on TV, smartphone, tablet, or other devices without needing to manage separate content instances for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a content delivery component as an intermediary that manages the complex mapping between content identifiers and various content formats across different devices. This intermediary handles the complexity of content delivery, format conversion, and device-specific delivery protocols, shielding users from the underlying system complexity while maintaining high content accessibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can transition between different aspect variants of media content, then user experience and content versatility improve, but the burden of determining content form increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the user's current device type, content consumption context, and preferences to autonomously select and deliver the most appropriate content format. Instead of requiring users to manually determine and select content forms, the system performs this selection service itself, reducing user burden while maintaining access to multiple content variants.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes mappings between content identifiers and multiple aspect variants (different formats, resolutions, devices) in advance. When a user requests content, the appropriate variant is already prepared and can be delivered immediately without requiring the user to search or determine the optimal content form, thus reducing the cognitive burden while providing versatile content options.
3Adaptability or versatility
If content is delivered across multiple devices with different screens, then content accessibility improves, but content delivery complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system manages content delivery by dynamically adjusting parameters such as resolution, format, and delivery protocol based on the target device characteristics. The content delivery component stores and retrieves content in multiple parameter variations, automatically selecting and delivering the appropriate parameter set for each device type (TV, smartphone, tablet) without requiring complex manual configuration.
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AI summary
A content delivery system comprising: a communication network; a mapping component storing media content aspect variant data enabling access to media content in a plurality of aspect variants; a content delivery component connected to the network and configured to access and deliver media content aspect variant data stored in the mapping component to devices connected to the network; an action request or component which is configured to receive a request from a user of a media consumption device that an aspect variant of media content is to be delivered to at least one further media consumption device, and cause the content delivery component to deliver media content aspect variant data associated with said aspect variant to the at least one further media consumption device to enable said aspect variant to be consumed at the at least one further media consumption device.