Message Broker for Media Type Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack a common method to transparently combine services from different service providers and make various media types available to a wide range of devices and platforms, limiting convergence between disparate devices and media types.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that involve receiving a request for communication between devices, detecting the media types, determining a suitable conversion service based on user preferences and device types, and converting content from one media type to another for seamless delivery across incompatible platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If content is provided directly from one media type to another without conversion, then transmission speed is improved, but compatibility between devices is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a message broker as an intermediary component that receives messages from publishing devices and routes them to subscriber devices. The broker handles media type conversion and formatting, allowing content to be transmitted efficiently while ensuring compatibility across different device types. The broker acts as a mediator that decouples the publishing and subscribing ends, enabling speed optimization without sacrificing adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of media type representation by converting content between different media types (e.g., video, audio, text, images) based on the capabilities of the receiving device. The message broker detects the subscriber device type and automatically transforms the content parameters to match the device's requirements, maintaining both transmission efficiency and device compatibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conversion services are added to enable media type compatibility, then adaptability is improved, but system complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the conversion service functionality into the centralized message broker, combining multiple functions (message routing, device detection, media type conversion, and formatting) into a single system component. This consolidation reduces overall system complexity by eliminating the need for separate conversion services at each device end, while still providing comprehensive media type compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The message broker is designed as a universal component that handles multiple functions: receiving messages from any publishing device, detecting subscriber device types, converting various media types, and routing to appropriate subscribers. This multi-functional design reduces system complexity by providing adaptability through a single versatile component rather than multiple specialized services.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extensive modifications are made to hardware and software to add services, then functionality is improved, but ease of manufacture is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by establishing a standardized message broker infrastructure in advance that provides conversion and routing capabilities. This pre-configured framework allows new services and media types to be added through software configuration rather than extensive hardware modifications, significantly improving ease of manufacture and service expansion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a standardized message format and protocol that can be copied and reused across different devices and service types. Instead of creating custom integration solutions for each device combination, the system copies the standardized broker interface and message structures, allowing rapid service expansion without extensive re-engineering of hardware and software.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed to provide content of various media types to various platforms or devices. In one embodiment, providing content of a first media type to a recipient end device can comprise receiving from an initiating end device a request for a communication with the recipient end device. The first media type can be determined from the request and a second media type appropriate for use by the recipient end device can be determined. A service to convert the content of the first media type to content of the second media type can be determined. The indication of the content of the first media type can be submitted to the service and an indication of the content of the second media type can be received from the service. The content of the second media type can then be provided to the recipient end device.