Distributed Content Delivery via Segmented Network and Portable Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in efficiently transmitting and storing large high-resolution digital content, such as 4k and 8k video files, due to their significant file sizes, which exceed the storage and bandwidth capabilities of current consumer devices and cloud storage services, necessitating innovative methods to manage and disseminate these files securely and conveniently.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the division of digital content into two parts, where a major part is communicated via a network and a minor part via a portable device, utilizing a layered structure and encryption to ensure security and convenience, with the parts being combined at a receiving device using a map to reconstruct the original content, allowing for secure and efficient transfer and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high-resolution digital content (4k, 8k) is stored and transmitted, then content quality is improved, but file size increases significantly, exceeding storage and bandwidth capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the content delivery into two segments: a first part delivered via network (cloud storage service) and a second part delivered via portable storage element. This segmentation allows the system to handle large high-resolution files by distributing different portions through different channels, overcoming the limitation of single-channel bandwidth or storage capacity.
2Ease of operation
If cloud storage service is used to store high-resolution content, then accessibility is improved, but storage capacity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges cloud storage service and portable storage element into a combined delivery system. The cloud service provides accessibility and management functions, while the portable element provides additional storage capacity. Together they enable storage and delivery of high-resolution content that exceeds either component's individual capacity.
3Quantity of substance
If combined transmission is used (part via network, part via portable device), then storage and bandwidth limitations are overcome, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that coordinates between the cloud storage service and portable storage element. This intermediary manages the division of content into two parts, handles the synchronization between different delivery channels, and ensures proper recombination at the receiving end, thereby managing the complexity of combined transmission.
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AI summary
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memoryincluding computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to determine a proximity interaction with a device, obtain, responsive to the proximity interaction, a first part of a content item and a second part of the content item, the first part being obtained from the device and the second part being obtained from a network source, and reconstruct the content item using the first part and the second part.