Media Content Delivery Format Adjustment for Targeted Recipients

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for delivering media content across communication devices lack efficient targeting and formatting adjustments based on user profiles, leading to suboptimal content distribution and reception experiences.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that involve determining targeted recipients and adjusting media content formats in real-time based on user profiles associated with communication devices, ensuring optimal delivery and reception of media content across various devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If media content is delivered directly between communication devices without formatting adjustment, then delivery speed is improved, but compatibility with different recipient devices deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery speedVSAvoiddevice compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary format adjustment by determining the recipient device type and pre-converting media content to the appropriate format before transmission. This resolves the contradiction by preparing the content in advance for specific devices, ensuring compatibility without requiring real-time conversion that would slow down delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the format parameters of media content based on the recipient device characteristics. By dynamically adjusting format parameters such as resolution, codec, and container type according to device capabilities, the system maintains both fast delivery and broad device compatibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If media content format is adjusted for each recipient device, then device compatibility is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice compatibilityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system determines device types and selects appropriate formats in advance before actual media conversion. This preliminary determination step reduces processing time by avoiding runtime format detection and conversion, resolving the contradiction between compatibility and processing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different format adjustments locally tailored to each device type rather than universal conversion. By identifying specific device categories (mobile phones, tablets, computers) and applying针对性的 format adjustments, the system achieves high compatibility with minimized processing overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If user profiles are analyzed to determine targeted recipients and format preferences, then content personalization is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent personalizationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements localized personalization by storing and retrieving user profile information for specific recipients. Each user's device type preferences and format choices are maintained in their profiles, allowing personalized content delivery without requiring complex real-time analysis, thus balancing personalization with system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses user profiles as templates that are copied and applied to content delivery decisions. Rather than analyzing profiles dynamically, the system retrieves pre-stored profile data and applies it directly, reducing computational complexity while maintaining personalization effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10425676B2Apparatus and method for delivering media content
Publication Date: 2019.09.24 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P
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AI summary

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile communication device, having a controller to capture media content and transmit the media content to a media server with a request for distribution of the media content to one or more targeted recipients according to a user profile associated with the mobile communication device that is stored in the media server, where a format of the media content is adjusted by the media server based at least in part on the user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.