Live Broadcast Server Stream Segmentation for Display Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing live broadcast technologies, multiple media streams are displayed on the same screen, leading to a small display space for each stream, which affects the user's watching experience and can result in unclear content.
Innovation Solution
A method where a server determines and transmits only the target media stream to the terminal apparatus based on information indicating the required stream, allowing the apparatus to selectively display the content, thereby avoiding overcrowding of the screen and improving user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple media streams are displayed on the same screen, then comprehensive information is provided, but display space for each stream becomes small
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the media stream transmission by dividing users into different groups, where each terminal receives only the media streams assigned to its group. This segmentation allows multiple media streams to be distributed across multiple terminals rather than crowding a single screen, thereby maintaining comprehensive information availability while ensuring adequate display space for each stream.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional screen display problem to a multi-dimensional solution by introducing the dimension of user grouping and stream assignment. Instead of trying to fit all streams on one screen, the system distributes streams across multiple terminals based on group assignments, effectively utilizing the third dimension of terminal diversity to resolve the display space constraint.
2Loss of information
If all media streams are transmitted to each terminal, then complete content is available, but network bandwidth and server load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only the necessary subset of media streams to each terminal based on its group assignment. Instead of transmitting all media streams to every terminal, the server extracts and sends only the relevant streams for each group, thereby maintaining content completeness for assigned streams while significantly reducing network bandwidth consumption and server load.
Solution Approach 2:
Each terminal receives media streams with local quality optimized for its specific group's needs. Rather than uniformly distributing all streams to all terminals, the system applies local quality differentiation by assigning specific streams to specific groups, ensuring that each terminal receives appropriate content without unnecessary data transmission.
Data Source
AI summary
In an example method, a server determines first information of a terminal apparatus. The first information indicates a target media stream for the terminal apparatus. The example method further includes the server receiving a first media stream generated in a live broadcast process and transmitting the target media stream in the first media stream to the terminal apparatus according to an indication of the first information.