Interleaved Media Streams for Real-Time Bandwidth Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication systems struggle to adapt multimedia content to changing network bandwidth conditions, making it difficult to modify or replace components of multimedia content in real-time.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for interleaved media communication that synchronizes and multiplexes multiple media types over a single data stream, allowing for real-time modification or replacement of content components based on network conditions, using portable servers and cloud servers to manage and distribute multimedia content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If multimedia content is communicated in a fixed format, then transmission stability is improved, but adaptability to changing network bandwidth conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransmission stabilityVSAvoidadaptability to network bandwidth

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic format selection and content replacement mechanisms that allow multimedia content to adapt its transmission format based on real-time network bandwidth conditions. The system dynamically switches between different content versions (e.g., high-quality vs. low-quality video streams) and adjusts transmission parameters without interrupting the communication session, thus resolving the contradiction between transmission stability and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes transmission parameters such as bitrate, resolution, and content format based on network conditions. By maintaining multiple versions of multimedia content with different quality levels and dynamically selecting appropriate versions for transmission, the system achieves both stable transmission (through consistent protocol usage) and adaptability (through parameter adjustment).

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Device complexity

If multimedia content components are kept fixed, then system complexity is reduced, but flexibility to modify content deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidflexibility to modify content

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments multimedia content into independent replaceable components (e.g., video streams, audio streams, subtitles, advertisements). Each component can be independently modified, replaced, or removed based on network conditions or user preferences without affecting the entire content structure. This segmentation enables flexibility while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a universal content delivery framework that can handle multiple content types and formats through a common protocol. The same infrastructure supports various media formats, quality levels, and replacement mechanisms, reducing overall system complexity while providing extensive flexibility for content modification and adaptation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If real-time content modification is enabled, then adaptability to network conditions is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereal-time adaptabilityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and encoding multimedia content in multiple formats and quality levels before transmission. Alternative content versions are prepared in advance and stored in a content delivery network, enabling rapid switching without real-time processing delays. This preliminary preparation resolves the contradiction by shifting processing work to before the transmission session.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates multiple copies of multimedia content in different formats and quality levels, storing them in advance. When network conditions change, the system simply switches to a pre-existing copy rather than processing new content in real-time. This copying strategy enables real-time adaptability without the processing time penalty of on-the-fly content generation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12526329B2System and method for interleaved media communication and conversion

Publication Date: 2026.01.13 GLIDE TALK

AI summary

A method or system including receiving a first single data stream representing a first multimedia file, the first single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of a plurality of different types of media, and/or transmitting a second single data stream representing a second multimedia file, the second single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of a plurality of different types of media, where the second multimedia file differs from said first multimedia file by at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from said first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file being a converted version of the at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from the first multimedia file.