Customized Application for Real-Time UGC Integration in Broadcast Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in sharing user-generated content (UGC) in real-time during live broadcasts, as existing technologies lack efficient methods for integrating mobile device media content into broadcast systems, hindering seamless communication and sharing of media between viewers.
Innovation Solution
A system that provides a customized application to transmit and download UGC to broadcast destinations, utilizing APIs and transcoding to ensure compatibility, and allows users to upload content through a virtual collaboration space (bubble) accessible via a URL, facilitating integration into media production workflows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a customized application is provided to transmit and download UGC to broadcast destinations, then real-time sharing and inclusion of UGC in broadcasts is enabled, but device complexity increases due to the need for custom applications and API integrations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a customized application as an intermediary component that bridges mobile devices and broadcast systems. This application handles the complex tasks of content capture, formatting, and transmission via APIs, shielding end users from system complexity while enabling real-time UGC sharing. The intermediary absorbs the complexity burden, allowing simple user interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts content parameters (format, resolution, protocol) based on the target broadcast destination. By changing parameters at the application layer rather than requiring hardware modifications, the system achieves compatibility across diverse broadcast platforms without increasing physical device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If transcoding is used to ensure compatibility of UGC with broadcast destinations, then adaptability of content formats is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The customized application performs preliminary formatting and pre-transcoding of UGC before transmission to broadcast destinations. By preparing content in advance with appropriate formats and metadata, the system reduces last-minute processing requirements and ensures compatibility without significant delays during live broadcast scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically selects transcoding parameters and target formats based on the specific broadcast destination requirements. Rather than applying fixed, heavy transcoding to all content, the system adapts processing intensity and format conversion based on real-time destination capabilities, optimizing the balance between compatibility and processing speed.
3Ease of operation
If a virtual collaboration space (bubble) accessible via URL is provided for content upload, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional interface requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual collaboration space (bubble) serves multiple functions: content upload, real-time collaboration, broadcast integration, and user management. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single web-accessible interface, the system improves ease of operation without requiring users to learn multiple separate tools or complex device configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The bubble interface enables users to independently upload, manage, and share content without requiring complex device setup or technical configuration. The web-based interface handles authentication, content formatting, and broadcast integration automatically, allowing users to simply upload content via browser while the system manages the complexity in the background.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for providing UGC to a media production or broadcast destination for potential inclusion in a broadcast or other media distribution. Video processing parameters of the destination are provided. An application is customized using the parameters to provide a customized application without requiring any additional development for the customization. A token and a link are then transmitted to the destination. The destination accesses the link, and the customized application is downloaded along with an API to the destination. The customized application periodically polls the API for UGC and associated metadata. It then, guided by the parameters, facilitates the ingestion of the media and metadata in the proper format into the appropriate place within the downstream broadcast or media production system.