Server-Side Media Player for Streaming Content Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current social community environments limit the user experience during media streaming by only providing the streamed media content, without enhancing it with relevant additional content, which could be of interest to the user based on their profile and preferences.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that selects and streams media content from a central server, accompanied by relevant content from user-generated and professional libraries, based on metadata matching, and displays this relevant content to the user without requiring their direct access, using a server-side media player that can be embedded across different websites, with a bidding system for targeted content placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If only the streamed media content is provided to the user, then the system complexity is low, but the user experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments content delivery into two distinct parts: the primary media content (music, video) and supplementary relevant content (lyrics, news, events, user-generated content). This segmentation allows the system to provide enhanced user experience through multiple content types while managing complexity by handling each content type through dedicated libraries and matching mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary content matching system that automatically selects and delivers relevant content based on metadata analysis. This intermediary layer bridges the gap between simple streaming and complex personalized content delivery, using metadata matching as the mediating mechanism to connect media content with relevant supplementary content without requiring direct user intervention.
2Productivity
If relevant content is automatically selected and displayed, then user engagement is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-tagging and organizing both media content and relevant content with metadata before user interaction. This advance preparation enables rapid automated matching when a user requests media content, improving user engagement through quick delivery of relevant content while managing processing complexity through pre-organized data structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system analyzes user interactions with displayed relevant content and adjusts future content selection accordingly. This feedback loop continuously improves user engagement by learning from user behavior while managing information processing complexity through iterative optimization rather than exhaustive analysis.
3Loss of information
If multiple content libraries are integrated, then content relevance is improved, but system architecture complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies universality by creating a unified content delivery platform that handles multiple content types (professional content, user-generated content, lyrics, news, events) through a common architecture. The universal metadata matching mechanism works across all content libraries, improving content relevance while managing architecture complexity through standardized interfaces and processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent structures the system with nested content libraries where user-generated content and professional content are organized in hierarchical relationships. The nested architecture allows the system to integrate multiple content sources while managing complexity by placing specific content types within broader content categories, all accessible through the unified metadata matching system.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, system and apparatus of relevant content to enhance a streaming media experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a media content from a content database having content of a plurality of artists and media labels based on a request of a user of a social community environment, automatically selecting a relevant content related to the media content from at least one of a user generated content library and a professional content library based on match between a meta-data associated with the media content and the relevant content, streaming the media content from a central server associated with the central content database to the user without requiring consideration of the user to access the media content, and displaying the relevant content to the user when the media content is being streamed.