Adaptable Digital Media Transfer Prioritization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional online publishing methods experience significant delays and inefficiencies in transferring large digital media objects due to non-adaptive transfer sequences, which hinder user interaction and waste time by transferring unnecessary high-resolution copies even after user requests for deletion or modification.

Innovation Solution

A method that prioritizes the transfer of substantially-reduced data size representations of digital media objects, allowing user interaction and feedback to reprioritize the transfer of untransferred original data size copies based on user actions, thereby reducing delays and improving user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional methods transfer all digital media objects in sequential order before enabling user interaction, then complete data integrity is ensured, but user experience is significantly degraded due to long waiting times

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata integrityVSAvoiduser interaction delay

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the digital media object into multiple segments or blocks, allowing parallel transfer of different segments across multiple connections or threads. This segmentation enables the system to maintain data integrity through proper reassembly while significantly reducing the total transfer time by utilizing multiple concurrent transfer channels instead of sequential transfer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary actions by establishing transfer protocols, validating data formats, and preparing receiving buffers before the actual data transfer begins. This preliminary setup ensures that when data arrives, the system is already prepared to process and validate it correctly, maintaining integrity while reducing overall processing delays.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If the system transfers high-resolution digital media objects at full resolution, then image quality is maximized, but transfer time increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage qualityVSAvoidtransfer speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically changes transfer parameters such as resolution, compression level, and data format based on the user's device capabilities, network conditions, and interaction context. This allows the system to transfer at lower resolutions when quality requirements are minimal, then progressively enhance to full resolution only when and where needed, optimizing the balance between image quality and transfer speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If the system allows user interaction with low-resolution previews during transfer, then user experience is improved through immediate feedback, but data consistency may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoiddata consistency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer that manages multiple versions or representations of the digital media object during transfer. This intermediary system coordinates between the incoming full-resolution data and the displayed preview versions, ensuring that user interactions with previews are properly synchronized with the final data arrival, thus maintaining data consistency while enabling early user engagement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If the system transfers multiple versions of digital media objects simultaneously, then user action requirements are met, but network bandwidth is overwhelmed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransfer adaptabilityVSAvoidnetwork bandwidth consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic transfer strategies that adapt in real-time based on user actions, device capabilities, and network conditions. The system can dynamically switch between transferring single or multiple versions, adjust transfer priorities, and modulate data flow rates, allowing high adaptability to meet diverse user requirements while efficiently managing network bandwidth through flexible, context-aware transfer control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS7703012B2Adaptable transfer and publication of digital media

Publication Date: 2010.04.20 CBS INTERACTIVE INC

AI summary

An adaptable method for facilitating user interaction with digital media objects. Representations of substantially-reduced data size of each of the digital media objects are transferred before the transfer of copies of the original data size of each of the digital media objects so as to enable earlier user interaction. The user interaction includes, for example, requesting modifications to the object. The method provides feedback of any requested action from the user interaction with the substantially-reduced data size representations and in response thereto, determines as a function of the requested action whether to reprioritize transfer of untransferred original data size copies of the corresponding digital media object. The method provides for modification of copies that are to be transferred according to modifications requested by the user with respect to the transferred substantially-reduced data size representations. The method can be used for audio, video, image, and other digital media objects.