Endpoint Media Stream Control for Real-Time Content Security

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional media platforms lack adequate security and control mechanisms to manage the increasing volume of user-generated and live-generated video content, leading to insufficient monitoring, data inspection, and intervention.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for real-time media device controls that include a monitoring router and engine, capable of processing data streams for endpoint devices, employing speech, image, and text recognition to detect specific composites, and performing security operations based on detected protocols, user identification, and time of reception.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If real-time monitoring and data inspection are implemented for user-generated video content, then media security and control are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia securityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the monitoring process into multiple independent components: content detection module, user identification module, security protocol verification module, and intervention module. Each component processes specific aspects of the data stream separately, making the overall complex system more manageable and scalable while maintaining comprehensive security monitoring capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a security protocol as an intermediary layer between the data stream and the control system. This protocol acts as a mediator that standardizes the interaction between various monitoring components and the endpoint media device, simplifying the system architecture while enabling real-time security inspection and control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If real-time data inspection and security operations are performed, then content safety is improved, but processing time and latency increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent safetyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing security protocols and content composite specifications before actual monitoring occurs. The security protocol includes pre-defined criteria for identifying harmful content composites, allowing the system to make rapid decisions during real-time processing without needing to analyze every detail from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements selective processing by skipping unnecessary analysis steps when the security protocol indicates no threat is present. The system rapidly processes data streams by immediately accepting compliant content without thorough inspection, and only performs detailed analysis when the pre-defined security criteria are triggered, thus reducing overall processing time while maintaining safety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple security protocols and content composites are monitored, then adaptability to different content types is improved, but device complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent type adaptabilityVSAvoidprocessing resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts its monitoring intensity and protocol verification based on the detected content type and the current security threat level. When content is identified as low-risk or compliant with existing protocols, the system reduces processing resources accordingly. When new content types or potential threats are detected, the system dynamically activates additional security protocols and analysis resources, optimizing the balance between adaptability and resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12621347B2Systems and methods for real-time controls for endpoint media devices
Publication Date: 2026.05.05 DISH NETWORK LLC
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AI summary

Systems, media devices, machine-readable media, and methods facilitate endpoint media device controls. Data streams may be processed as each is received by devices of a local network. The data streams may facilitate presentation of audio, video, and/or textual content with an endpoint media device. For each data stream, a security protocol may be detected that applies to the data stream based on of the source, the endpoint media device, an identification of a user, and/or a time corresponding to when the data stream is being received. It may be determined, during streaming of the data stream, whether the data stream includes a particular composite specified by the security protocol. When it is determined that the data stream includes the particular composite, security operations may be performed in accordance with the security protocol.