Device-Specific Content Delivery Networks for Satellite Resource Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Satellite television systems face inefficiencies in resource utilization due to broadcasting less popular content, which can be costly and wasteful, as they typically broadcast to many users simultaneously, making it uneconomical to use valuable satellite resources for content with small audiences at peak times.
Innovation Solution
A system that establishes multiple content delivery networks for different types of user devices, allowing for separate content formatting, listing, and delivery, with content being published and purged according to specific schedules, enabling efficient allocation of resources by using satellite resources for high-demand content and shifting less popular content to broadband delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If satellite resources are used to broadcast less popular content, then content accessibility is improved, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content delivery system into two distinct delivery networks: a satellite delivery network for high-demand content and a broadband delivery network for less popular content. This segmentation allows each network to be optimized for its specific function, with satellite resources dedicated to content that justifies their cost and broadband handling of niche content, thereby resolving the contradiction between content accessibility and resource utilization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the delivery parameter (delivery network type) based on content popularity and demand characteristics. By dynamically selecting whether to deliver content via satellite or broadband based on viewing statistics and demand forecasts, the system optimizes resource utilization while maintaining content accessibility for all users regardless of popularity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple content delivery networks are established for different device types, then device compatibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal content management system that handles multiple delivery networks through a single interface. The content management system generates device-specific content lists and coordinates content delivery across satellite and broadband networks using unified protocols and formats, allowing the system to support diverse device types without proportionally increasing complexity.
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AI summary
A system 100 includes a first content delivery network 280(1) for a first type of user device, a second content delivery network 280(n) for a second type of user device and a content repository 274 communicating with the first content delivery network 280(1) and the second content delivery network 280(n). The first content is in a first format associated with the first content delivery network 280(1) and a second content associated with the second content delivery network 280(n). A content management system 221 generates a first content list for the first content delivery network 280 and generates a second content list for the second content delivery network 280(n). A content distribution system 260 communicates with the content management system and the first content delivery network and the second content delivery network. The content distribution system 260 transfers content to the first and second content delivery network from the content repository. The first content delivery network 280(1) publishes the content according to a publication start time. The first content delivery network 280(1) communicates the first content list to a first user device. The second content delivery network 280(n) communicates the second content list to a second user device.