MDU Content Streaming via Integrated User-Network Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In multi-dwelling unit (MDU) environments, such as hotels, content streaming services often fail to cater to individual user preferences, leading to poor user experiences and inefficient resource allocation, as the same services are provided to all users regardless of their interests or needs.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a method and system that utilizes network segmentation and user segmentation to personalize content streaming services by creating an integrated user-network segment profile, which combines user preferences with network characteristics to provide tailored content recommendations and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the same content streaming service is provided to all users in an MDU, then service provisioning is simplified, but user experience deteriorates and resource allocation becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments users into different user segments based on their preferences and behaviors, and segments network traffic into different network segments. This dual segmentation enables personalized content delivery to each user segment while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured categorization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an integrated user-network segment profile as an intermediary component that bridges user preferences and network characteristics. This profile acts as a mediator that translates individual user requirements into network-configurable parameters, enabling personalization without direct complex user-network mapping.
2Reliability
If network segmentation is implemented to personalize content delivery, then user experience improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges user segmentation and network segmentation into a unified integrated user-network segment profile. This combination consolidates multiple segmentation mechanisms into a single cohesive system, reducing overall complexity while maintaining the benefits of personalized content delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated user-network segment profile serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores user preferences, defines network segment mappings, controls content accessibility, and enables group recording permissions. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each function.
3Productivity
If all users have access to all content resources, then content accessibility is maximized, but resource allocation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by granting different content accessibility permissions to different user segments based on their specific characteristics and preferences. Each user segment receives content accessibility tailored to their local needs rather than uniform global access, optimizing resource allocation while maintaining appropriate accessibility.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for provisioning content streaming services are provided. An example method includes receiving a user request for streaming a content item from a user equipment (UE) of a user associated with a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), identifying an MDU network segment to which the UE is connected, identifying an integrated user-network segment profile associated with the user, identifying a user segment to which the user belongs, based on the integrated user-network segment profile, determining that the requested content item is accessible by the user, based on the MDU network segment and the user segment, and providing access to the requested content item to the UE over the MDU network segment.