Content Management System Scheduling Satellite Broadcasts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Satellite television systems face inefficiencies in broadcasting content, particularly when less popular content is desired by a small audience, as it consumes valuable satellite resources during peak times, making it cost-ineffective.
Innovation Solution
A content management system that determines publication and purge times for content, allowing it to be transferred to a content delivery network for scheduled publication and later removal, optimizing resource usage by leveraging both satellite and broadband distribution methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If less popular content is broadcast by satellite during peak viewing times, then content availability is improved, but satellite resource usage efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by transferring and storing less popular content in advance in the digital video recorder's memory during off-peak times. This allows the content to be readily available for immediate playback when requested, eliminating the need for real-time satellite broadcasting and thus preserving satellite resources during peak viewing times while maintaining content availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital video recorder acts as an intermediary between the satellite and the user. It receives and stores content locally, then provides on-demand playback without requiring continuous satellite transmission. This intermediary storage capability decouples content availability from real-time satellite resource consumption, resolving the contradiction between maintaining content accessibility and optimizing satellite usage efficiency.
2Loss of energy
If content is stored in the digital video recorder for later viewing, then satellite resource usage is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The digital video recorder operates autonomously to manage content storage and playback. It automatically receives content during off-peak times, stores it in its memory, and handles on-demand retrieval and playback without requiring complex centralized control systems. This self-service capability simplifies the overall system architecture by distributing intelligence to the endpoint device, reducing satellite resource usage while avoiding excessive system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication system 100 is used to manage content. The content is transferred to a content delivery network 280. The content has publication start time and a purge time associated therewith. The content start time and purge time may be provided in the metadata associated with the content. The system publishes the content according to a publication start time and purges the content from the content delivery network at the purge time.