Direct Broadcast Connection for Live Video Streaming Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for live video streaming from mobile devices to social media platforms lack direct control and real-time connectivity for end-users, making it difficult for professional broadcasters to utilize unsolicited camera livestreams effectively and safely, and there is no system for simultaneously capturing and transmitting live audio and video with a separate, private audio channel.
Innovation Solution
A direct broadcast connection (DBC) is established between a mobile device with video streaming capabilities and a back-end web interface, allowing for live video streaming and control through the CamCaster Control Room, enabling separate audio communication via VoIP, which does not interrupt the live video transmission, and allowing users to select and stream video to specific video hosts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If live video streaming is sent to social media platforms in a one-way direction, then the streaming process is simple, but real-time control and feedback capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the video stream is sent to a server which then relays it back to the mobile device. This creates a closed-loop system that enables real-time control and interaction while maintaining the simplicity of the streaming process. The feedback channel allows the device to receive control signals and adjust the stream in real-time.
Solution Approach 2:
A server acts as an intermediary between the mobile device and the video stream. The server receives the one-way stream from the device and provides it back along with control capabilities, thus enabling real-time control without complicating the device's streaming process. This intermediary facilitates both simplicity and adaptability.
2Device complexity
If audio and video are transmitted together in a single stream, then the transmission process is simplified, but separate private audio communication cannot be established
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audio and video transmission into separate channels. The video stream is transmitted along with a public audio track, while a separate private audio communication channel is established for confidential discussions. This segmentation allows both simplified transmission and separate private audio communication to coexist.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that handles multiple audio channels separately. It receives the video stream with public audio, and simultaneously manages separate private audio communication channels, thus enabling both simplified overall transmission and separate private audio capabilities without increasing device complexity.
3Productivity
If unsolicited camera livestreams are uploaded to social media, then content distribution is enhanced, but professional broadcasters cannot effectively control or utilize the streams
Solution Approach 1:
The feedback mechanism enables professional broadcasters to send control signals back to the mobile device in real-time. This allows effective control of unsolicited livestreams while maintaining efficient content distribution. Broadcasters can direct the cameraperson, request specific shots, or manage the stream quality without disrupting the distribution workflow.
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AI summary
A method for direct video broadcasting to video host, via a mobile device, including allowing the video host to initiate an audio communication with a user, via the user's mobile device; allowing the user, via the mobile device, to accept the initiated audio communication from the video host; providing, in response to the user accepting the initiated audio communication, audio communication between the user and the video host; and allowing, in response to the user accepting the initiated audio communication, the user to capture video, via the mobile device, and upload or stream the captured video to the video host, wherein the video host is enabled to engage in audio communications with the user, as the captured video is being captured, and wherein the audio communication is separate from the audio associated with any video being captured.