Media Resource Integration for Home Network Duplication
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Solution Overview
Problem
In home area networks, differences in device capabilities and supported media formats lead to issues where media files with the same content but different formats cannot be seamlessly integrated, resulting in duplicate media files with similar titles in content directories, complicating media interoperations.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for media processing that identify and integrate media resources with the same content across multiple servers, using media description information such as title, duration, and film information to determine matching content, and represent them with a single identifier, while also considering playback device capabilities to ensure media playback compatibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If media files from multiple servers are aggregated into a total content directory, then media availability across the home area network is improved, but duplicate media files with similar titles occur in the content directory
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple media resource objects that represent the same media content into a single integrated media resource object. This is achieved by comparing media description information (title, duration, film information) across media resource objects from different servers, and integrating those that match into one unified object with a single media identifier, thereby eliminating duplicates while preserving media availability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple media files with same content but different formats are stored, then compatibility with different playback devices is improved, but device complexity in managing media files increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated media resource object serves multiple playback devices with different capabilities through a single unified structure. The object contains media description information and multiple media resource addresses corresponding to different formats, enabling one object to fulfill the needs of various playback devices without requiring separate management for each format variant.
3Adaptability or versatility
If media files are transcoded to multiple formats, then playback compatibility across devices is improved, but processing time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring and storing multiple media resource addresses in the integrated media resource object during the media aggregation phase. This allows playback devices to directly use the pre-prepared appropriate format without requiring real-time transcoding, thereby eliminating processing time and energy consumption that would otherwise be required during playback.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes acquiring a media content directory on at least one media server, and identifying media description information in at least two media resource objects in the media content directory and integrating the at least two media resource objects when media resources respectively corresponding to the at least two media resource objects have same media content, so the integrated at least two media resource objects are represented by one media identifier. The method also includes sending, according to capability information of a media playback device selected by a user, a media resource address corresponding to a first media resource object to the media playback device, so the media playback device acquires and plays a media resource corresponding to the media resource address, where the first media resource object is one of the at least two media resource objects that are suitable to be played on the media playback device.