Dynamic Network Identification for Selective Venue Audio
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Solution Overview
Problem
In public venues like bars, simultaneous audio output for multiple video content items can confuse or overwhelm individuals, and there is a need for a person to hear the audio of a desired content item without disturbing others or standing near the device.
Innovation Solution
A computing device generates identifiers for wireless networks transmitting audio data tracks based on content metadata, allowing users to select and access the desired audio data track via their user device, with network identifiers dynamically changing with content item transitions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If audio output is enabled for multiple video content items simultaneously, then users can hear all content items, but it confuses and overwhelms persons in the public venue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audio output by creating separate wireless audio channels for each content item. Each content item's audio is transmitted through a dedicated wireless network identifier, allowing users to selectively connect to and hear only the audio from their desired content item rather than all content items simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wireless network identifiers as an intermediary between the display devices and user devices. These identifiers act as mediators that enable selective audio transmission, allowing users to choose which audio content to receive without being exposed to all audio outputs in the venue.
2Ease of operation
If a person stands near a device to hear the audio, then they can clearly hear the desired content item, but they may disturb other persons in the public venue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the audio transmission function from the physical proximity requirement. By using wireless audio transmission through identified networks, the system separates the audio reception capability from the need to be physically near the display device, allowing users to listen clearly from any location without disturbing others through speaker output.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical acoustic field (sound waves through air requiring proximity) with an electromagnetic field-based wireless transmission system. This substitution allows audio to be transmitted digitally through identified wireless networks, eliminating the need for physical proximity and preventing acoustic disturbance to others in the venue.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wireless networks transmit audio data tracks, then users can select desired audio content, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display devices multi-functional by enabling them to serve both as video display units and as wireless audio transmission sources. Each display device can generate and transmit audio data tracks through identified wireless networks, eliminating the need for separate dedicated audio transmission hardware and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables display devices to self-configure wireless audio transmission by generating their own network identifiers and audio data tracks. Each content item's audio is automatically associated with its corresponding video and transmitted through the identified wireless network without requiring manual configuration, reducing the complexity of network management.
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AI summary
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a dynamic network identification to facilitate a selection of a desired audio. A premises (e.g., a public bar) may have a plurality of display devices (e.g., television screens) outputting videos associated with a plurality of content items (e.g., television programs). A computing device may assign an audio data of each of the content items to be transmitted over a separate wireless network. A user may be able to listen to the audio of a desired content item by causing a user device to join a wireless network assigned to transmit an audio data of the desired content item. The wireless network may be reused to transmit a different audio data. A network identifier of the wireless network may be renamed to indicate the different audio data. The network identifier may be based on metadata associated with a content item.