Media Analysis System for Real-Time Trigger Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Viewers often miss important notifications or events, such as news flashes or specific programs, if they are not watching the correct channel, and existing DVR systems require advance channel and time selection with limited information, making it difficult to identify and access desired content.

Innovation Solution

A Media Analysis and Delivery System that allows users to set media delivery rules associated with triggers, enabling real-time capture, recording, or notification of media streams based on user-defined topics of interest, with prioritization and flexible delivery methods across multiple channels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a television station interrupts regular programming to broadcast important news flashes, then the news can be delivered to viewers, but viewers who are not watching that channel will be unaware of the broadcast

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenews delivery reliabilityVSAvoidinformation loss to non-viewers
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary component (trigger analysis system) that monitors multiple media streams and relays information to users through their preferred channels. Instead of forcing users to watch specific channels, the system acts as a mediator that detects triggers in any channel and delivers notifications through the user's chosen delivery method, thus solving the problem of information loss to non-viewers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds a new dimension to traditional broadcasting by implementing cross-channel trigger detection and multi-channel delivery. Rather than being limited to a single broadcast channel, the system monitors multiple channels simultaneously and can deliver notifications through various dimensions (different channels, different delivery methods like email or text messages), ensuring reliable delivery regardless of which channel originally broadcast the content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If a user identifies a program to view using a DVR, then the user can record and view the program, but the user must identify the channel and time in advance with limited information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogram selection easeVSAvoidprogram information availability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and analyzing media streams in advance to detect triggers before the user needs to make a selection. The trigger analysis occurs beforehand, allowing the system to prepare and present relevant program options to the user when they initiate a search, eliminating the need for users to manually search through limited program descriptions and make selections based on incomplete information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by analyzing the results of trigger detection and using this information to guide user selections. The trigger analysis provides feedback about program content and relevance, enabling the system to recommend or automatically select programs that match user interests, thus improving ease of operation by replacing manual searching with intelligent, feedback-driven program identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If a DVR records a program, then the user can view it later, but the user must search through previously recorded programs to find the desired program

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogram recording reliabilityVSAvoidprogram search time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary indexing mechanism that automatically catalogs recorded programs based on trigger detection. Instead of requiring users to manually search through recorded content, the trigger analysis system acts as an intermediary that creates an organized index of recorded programs, allowing users to quickly locate desired content without sifting through all recorded material.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary indexing and categorization of recorded programs immediately after recording, based on trigger detection results. This preliminary action organizes the recorded content before the user needs to search for it, significantly reducing the time required to locate specific programs while maintaining reliable recording functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Adaptability or versatility

If the system monitors multiple channels for triggers, then important content can be captured regardless of channel, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemulti-channel monitoring capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies segmentation by dividing the multi-channel monitoring task into independent, modular trigger analysis components. Each channel can be monitored by separate analysis modules that detect triggers independently, allowing the system to scale to multiple channels without proportionally increasing overall complexity. The segmented architecture enables parallel processing and simplifies maintenance of each individual channel's analysis logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements universality by creating a general-purpose trigger analysis engine that can function across multiple channels with a single unified approach. Rather than implementing separate complex systems for each channel, the universal trigger analysis component handles multiple channels through standardized processes, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining adaptability to monitor diverse content across different channels.

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

Data Source

PatentUS8341663B2Facilitating real-time triggers in association with media streams
Publication Date: 2012.12.25 SYNAMEDIA LTD
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AI summary

In one embodiment, a Media Analysis and Delivery System obtains a set of media delivery rules, wherein the set of media delivery rules includes one or more triggers, each of the triggers identifying a topic of interest. The Media Analysis and Delivery System examines a media stream for at least one of the one or more triggers in accordance with the set of media delivery rules. The Media Analysis and Delivery System provides at least a portion of the media stream in response to at least one of the triggers in accordance with at least one of the set of media delivery rules.