Live Performance Streaming System with Tiered Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Artists face challenges in producing high-quality live performance recordings due to lack of necessary recording equipment and infrastructure, leading to less favorable feedback and limited revenue generation, while viewers are reluctant to pay for low-quality streams without assurance of a worthwhile experience.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that provides high-quality streams or playbacks of live performances to smart glasses, offering a limited experience until a fee is paid, and improves quality using cognitive modeling, enabling immersive viewing for a fee.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If artists use basic recording equipment due to limited funds, then the cost of production is reduced, but the quality of video and audio recordings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A platform intermediary is introduced between artists and viewers. The platform provides professional-quality recording infrastructure and processing capabilities to artists who lack funds, while offering viewers a standardized high-quality streaming service. This intermediary resolves the contradiction by absorbing the production cost burden while delivering professional recording quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates high-quality digital copies of live performances that can be distributed globally. By capturing performances with professional equipment and creating standardized digital replicas, the system enables artists to reach worldwide audiences without the costs of touring, while maintaining consistent recording quality across all distributions.
2Manufacturing precision
If artists invest in high-quality recording equipment and infrastructure, then the quality of video and audio recordings is improved, but the cost of production increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platform creates a universal infrastructure that serves multiple artists simultaneously. By consolidating recording, processing, and distribution capabilities into a shared system, the platform enables each artist to access professional-quality production capabilities without individually bearing the full cost of such infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the economic parameters of quality production by shifting from individual artist investment to platform-subsidized models. Artists access high-quality recording capabilities through the platform's infrastructure, with costs covered by platform operations and viewer payments, rather than requiring direct artist investment in expensive equipment.
3Productivity
If viewers pay a significant fee to view the stream, then the revenue for artists is improved, but the accessibility and audience size deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a tiered access model where a limited free version is provided to maximize audience reach, while premium paid access provides enhanced features and supports artist revenue. This partial action approach ensures broad accessibility while still generating revenue from willing payers.
Solution Approach 2:
The audience and access rights are segmented into different tiers: free viewers with limited access and paying viewers with full access. This segmentation allows the system to serve both price-sensitive users who expand the audience base and price-insensitive users who provide revenue, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and income generation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If viewers are provided with a limited stream without payment assurance, then the accessibility is improved, but the revenue generation for artists deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic access control that adapts to user payment status. Viewers initially receive limited free access to encourage engagement, and the system dynamically transitions to full access once payment is confirmed. This dynamic approach maintains accessibility while ensuring revenue generation from paying users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback loops where viewer engagement with the limited free stream provides data on demand and quality preferences, which informs pricing and access decisions. This feedback mechanism ensures that the limited free version serves as an effective lead-in to paid access, balancing accessibility with revenue generation based on actual viewer behavior.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented system and method for providing streams and playbacks of video and audio recordings in respect of artist performances before live audiences. In particular, the disclosure relates to a system and method of providing a stream or playback of video and audio recordings captured in respect of an artist's live performance to users located around the world in exchange for a fee, with particular limitations placed upon access to the recording until the fee is paid.