Electronic Apparatus Content Synchronization via Server-Mediated Address Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for multiple users to view the same content online require accessing the same Internet address, leading to issues such as server overload and difficulties in coordinating channel numbers or video-on-demand locations across different service providers.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus with a display, communication interface, and processor that recommends content based on user information, displays identification information of other users who can view the selected content, and transmits a request signal to an external terminal device to synchronize content viewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple users access the same Internet address to view the same content, then users can chat while viewing content together, but the server may be down or video may not be smoothly viewed when many users access simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the content viewing experience into separate instances for each user. Instead of forcing all users to access a single shared Internet address, the system generates unique content addresses for each user while maintaining content synchronization through server coordination. This segmentation allows multiple users to view the same content simultaneously without overloading a single server instance.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that coordinates content delivery to multiple users. Rather than users directly accessing each other's streams or sharing a single address, the server generates and distributes appropriate content addresses to each user, managing the content delivery process and ensuring smooth playback for all users simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users from different service providers want to view the same content, then content accessibility increases, but channel numbers and content locations differ making coordination difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms the coordination problem from manual channel number matching to automated address generation. Instead of users needing to know and input specific channel numbers or content locations from different service providers, the server changes the parameter from user-managed channel numbers to server-generated content addresses that automatically work across different service providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The server automatically handles the complexity of cross-service-provider content location mapping. When a user selects content, the server autonomously determines the appropriate content address for that user's service provider without requiring the user to manually search or input channel numbers, making the system self-organizing and eliminating coordination complexity.
3Reliability
If users manually search for channel numbers or VOD locations to view content together, then content viewing is possible, but user convenience decreases due to searching inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs preliminary actions by pre-generating appropriate content addresses and preparing content delivery paths before users need to view content. When users select content they want to view together, the system has already established the necessary content addresses and delivery mechanisms, eliminating the need for users to manually search for channel numbers or VOD locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server monitors user content selections and automatically adjusts content address generation based on service provider information and user preferences. This feedback loop ensures that the correct content addresses are provided to users without requiring manual searching, maintaining reliability while improving ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic apparatus comprises: a display; a communication interface; a memory to store first user information corresponding to the electronic apparatus and information of a plurality of other users, respectively; and a processor which controls the display to display recommended content determined based on the first user information, and in response to a content being selected from among the recommended content displayed on the display, controls the display to display identification information corresponding to at least one other user to whom the content selected is displayable based on the plurality of pieces of other users' information, and in response to identification information corresponding to a second user being selected from among the displayed identification information, controls the communication interface to transmit, to an external terminal of the second user, a request signal so that the selected content is displayable on the external terminal of the second user.