Location-Sensitive Audio Video Content Selection System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for reproducing audio/video content on portable devices lack flexibility in location-sensitive content selection, failing to adapt content based on user position effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that determine a user's position to select and reproduce audio/video content, allowing for the generation of a third content by mixing first and second content in overlap regions, and transmitting this content to a portable device for streaming.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If location-sensitive content selection is implemented, then adaptability to user position is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation-sensitive content selectionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that handles the complex tasks of receiving position information, determining the appropriate reproduction region, and selecting or generating content. This mediates between the portable device and the content delivery system, allowing the device to remain relatively simple while achieving sophisticated location-sensitive content selection through the server's processing capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If content is transmitted and streamed to the device, then adaptability to user location is improved, but loss of time in content delivery increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent delivery flexibilityVSAvoidcontent transmission time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-determining which content should be delivered based on the user's position and the defined reproduction regions before actual content transmission begins. The server prepares the content selection and generation in advance, so that when content needs to be streamed to the device, it can be done more efficiently without unnecessary delays

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8406601B2Method and system for reproducing audio/video content and portable device
Publication Date: 2013.03.26 NXP BV
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AI summary

A method for reproducing audio and/or video content on a device is provided. A position of a user is determined. Audio and/or video content to be reproduced on the device is selected based on the position of the user and is reproduced on the device. If the determined position of the user is in a first region (1), at least one first audio and/or video 5 content is selected. If the determined position of the user is in a second area (2), at least one second audio and/or video content is selected. If the determined position of the user is in an overlap region of the first and second area or in a region between the first and second area, a third audio and/or video content is generated based on at least the first and/or second audio and/or video content and the third audio and/or video content is selected to be reproduced.