Subscription-Based Media Push Service for Live Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media push services are cumbersome and restrictive, requiring users to request media content explicitly and are limited by device compatibility, making it difficult to receive live media events, especially when the timing is unknown or unexpected.
Innovation Solution
A subscription-based media push service that identifies user interests and preferences, monitors media content sources, and delivers live media content to suitable devices without prior request, using user-defined cloud technology and eMBMS to efficiently and cost-effectively pinpoint content delivery in real-time, regardless of device capabilities or network resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If users explicitly request media content through current push services, then device compatibility is maintained, but the process becomes cumbersome and timely access to unexpected live events is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-registering multiple user devices with the network service provider and pre-establishing subscription criteria before live media events occur. When content becomes available, the system immediately pushes it to registered devices without requiring user requests, thus reducing time loss while maintaining operational simplicity through automated preliminary setup
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network service provider as an intermediary that manages device registration and content distribution. This intermediary handles the complexity of device compatibility and content routing, allowing users to simply subscribe to content types without dealing with technical details, thus improving both speed and ease of operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If media content is delivered to multiple user devices, then accessibility is improved, but network resources are consumed inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines which registered devices receive media content based on real-time device availability, user location, and current activity state. This dynamic allocation ensures content reaches accessible devices while avoiding redundant transmissions to unavailable devices, thus improving accessibility while optimizing network resource usage
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring content delivery to specific device characteristics and user contexts. Each registered device receives content based on its specific capabilities and current state rather than uniform distribution, improving accessibility to appropriate devices while reducing unnecessary network consumption from incompatible or unavailable devices
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that determines an identity of a subscriber of a media service. A viewing criterion of the subscriber is determined and a media content item is identified based on the viewing criterion of the subscriber. The media content item is provided for delivery to a media processing device without first requiring a request for delivery of the media content item. The media processing device is identified by a network service provider based on a selection of the media processing device from among a number of devices of the subscriber that are registered with the network service provider. The selection of the media processing device is based on device capabilities and the identity of the subscriber. Other embodiments are disclosed.