Live Broadcast Questionnaire Authority Granting System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Game players and live-broadcast distributors face delays in streaming content, such as questionnaires, when they lack an assistant, especially when playing or broadcasting alone, as they need to manage both the live-streaming and questionnaire distribution independently.

Innovation Solution

A terminal device application program that enables a live-broadcast distribution server to grant authority to viewers to create and incorporate content, like questionnaires, into the live-broadcast program, allowing distributors to request content creation from viewers without requiring a constant assistant, through an authority granting unit, viewer content creation unit, and content distribution unit.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the distributor manages both live-streaming and questionnaire distribution independently, then the distributor can maintain control over content creation, but the progress of live-broadcast distribution is delayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol over content creationVSAvoiddelay in live-broadcast distribution
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables viewers to autonomously create questionnaire content without requiring the distributor's direct involvement in content creation. The authority granting unit allows distributors to designate viewers as content creators, who then independently generate questionnaire items and responses, eliminating the time-consuming manual management process while maintaining distributor control through approval mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The authority granting unit acts as an intermediary between distributors and viewers, enabling distributors to delegate content creation authority to selected viewers. This intermediary mechanism allows distributors to maintain oversight and control over content quality while avoiding direct involvement in the time-consuming content creation process, thus resolving the contradiction between control and time efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If an assistant is provided to help with questionnaire distribution, then the distributor does not have to manage content creation independently, but it becomes difficult to provide an assistant when playing or broadcasting alone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequestionnaire distribution managementVSAvoidability to operate alone
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms viewers into self-serving content creators who independently generate questionnaire content. This eliminates the need for human assistants while maintaining ease of operation, as the automated authority granting and content creation process allows distributors to manage questionnaire distribution efficiently even when broadcasting alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables viewers to fulfill multiple roles - they are both audience members and content creators. This multi-functionality allows the system to operate effectively whether the distributor is alone or has assistants available, as the viewer-created content mechanism adapts to different operational scenarios without requiring additional human resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If the distributor uses a separate function for content distribution apart from live-broadcast distribution, then the distributor can manage content creation, but the live game streaming or progress of live-broadcast program is delayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent creation managementVSAvoidlive-broadcast distribution speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the live-broadcast distribution function with the questionnaire content creation and distribution function. By integrating these previously separate functions into a unified process where viewers create content directly within the live-broadcast context, the system eliminates the need for separate content management steps, thereby maintaining content creation control while significantly improving live-broadcast distribution speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The authority granting unit performs preliminary action by pre-designating viewers as content creators before the live-broadcast begins. This advance preparation eliminates the need for time-consuming content management decisions during the live broadcast, allowing the distributor to maintain control over content creation while ensuring smooth, uninterrupted live-broadcast distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11399212B2Terminal device application program, terminal device control method, terminal device, and live broadcast distribution server program providing questionnaire creation by terminal device
Publication Date: 2022.07.26 DOWANGO KK
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AI summary

A terminal device application program, a terminal device control method, a terminal device, and a live-broadcast distribution server program that can distribute content such as a questionnaire without delaying the progress of the distribution of a live-broadcast program even when an assistant cannot be provided next to [a distributor] are provided. The application program for the terminal device 3, having a function to communicate with a live-broadcast distribution server 1 that has a distribution function of a live-broadcast program, wherein the application program makes a computer of the terminal device 3 function as an authority granting unit 32 that grants authority to create content to a part of or all viewers, a viewer content creation unit 32 that enables content creation by a viewers who has been granted authority to create content, and a content distribution unit 32 that incorporates content created by a viewer into a program being live-broadcasted, based on an instruction by a live-broadcast distributor or the viewer who created content.