Dual-Source Live Streaming Interface for Flexible Content Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional live streaming methods lack flexibility, as only official live streaming rooms have the authority to stream certain content due to content permissions, limiting personal live streaming rooms from sharing relevant content.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that allows a live streaming room to incorporate video content from a further live streaming room, presenting both video streams simultaneously, enhancing flexibility and quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If only official live streaming rooms are granted authority to stream certain content due to content permissions, then content security and reliability are improved, but live streaming flexibility and accessibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent securityVSAvoidlive streaming flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a permission verification mechanism as an intermediary between content sources and live streaming rooms. The server verifies permissions for content sources before allowing personal live streaming rooms to access and stream content, ensuring content security while enabling flexibility. This mediator resolves the contradiction by allowing access control without restricting legitimate streaming scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic permission management where content sources can be added, removed, or modified based on real-time needs. Personal live streaming rooms can dynamically incorporate content from multiple sources including official rooms, news sources, and other content providers, with permissions verified on-demand. This dynamic approach enables flexibility while maintaining reliability through continuous permission validation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If personal live streaming rooms are restricted from accessing content from other live streaming rooms, then system complexity and permission management overhead are reduced, but live streaming quality and content richness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepermission management complexityVSAvoidcontent richness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the permission management system into modular components: content source registration, permission verification modules, and dynamic configuration capabilities. Each content source (official live streaming rooms, news sources, other content providers) is independently managed with its own permission settings. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by breaking down permission management into manageable, independent units while enabling rich content integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple video sources are integrated into a single live streaming interface, then content quality and flexibility are improved, but interface complexity and user experience management deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent flexibilityVSAvoidinterface usability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple video sources (official live streaming rooms, personal room content, news sources) into a unified live streaming interface. The server consolidates content from various sources and delivers them through a single interface to users, maintaining content flexibility while simplifying user interaction. Users access all content through one interface without needing to navigate multiple separate streaming rooms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP4618563A1Livestream method and apparatus, device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.09.17 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

According to embodiments of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for live streaming are provided. The method includes: receiving an access request for a first live streaming room, the first live streaming room corresponding to a first live streaming party; and presenting a first live streaming interface of the first live streaming room, the first live streaming interface being configured to provide a first video content and a second video content, the first video content corresponding to a first source, the second video content corresponding to a second source associated with the first live streaming party, the first live streaming interface further comprising an entry associated with a second live streaming room corresponding to the first source. Therefore, the embodiments of the disclosure support simultaneous presentation of a live streaming video referenced by a live streaming party (for example, the anchor) and an anchor video, and improve the flexibility of the live streaming of the anchor.