Mixed-Mode Live Stream Publishing for Cost-Efficient Channel Creation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing broadcasting systems face high costs and inefficiencies in providing multiple disparate live media output streams due to the need for expensive broadcast infrastructure and geographic or rights restrictions, which hinder the ability to offer new channels and enhance viewer experience.
Innovation Solution
A mixed mode publishing system that generates disparate live media output streams by combining live input streams and pre-encoded media assets based on programming schedules and events, allowing seamless transitions and dynamic ad insertion without re-encoding, using modern streaming protocols like HLS and DASH.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple disparate live media output streams are provided through traditional broadcast infrastructure, then content delivery capability is improved, but system cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple live media output streams into a single multiplexed stream that delivers content to multiple destinations simultaneously. This merging approach eliminates the need for separate broadcast infrastructure for each stream, reducing system cost while maintaining the ability to deliver content to multiple regions and platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal streaming platform that can deliver content across multiple broadcast platforms (terrestrial, satellite, cable, IP-based) through a single infrastructure. This multi-functional approach allows the same system to serve various delivery mechanisms without requiring separate specialized infrastructure for each platform.
2Manufacturing precision
If live media streams are processed and encoded for distribution, then content quality is improved, but processing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs encoding and processing operations in advance during content creation, preparing the media streams for distribution before they need to be delivered. This preliminary encoding reduces the need for real-time processing during broadcast, lowering processing costs while maintaining content quality across multiple output streams.
3Reliability
If geographic restrictions and rights restrictions are implemented, then content protection is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different protection rules and restrictions to different regions and platforms locally within the same streaming infrastructure. By implementing geographic and rights restrictions at specific delivery points rather than requiring centralized complex authorization for each stream, the system maintains content protection while reducing overall system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system generates a disparate live media output stream manifest based on a programming schedule, an additional parameter, and one of a first live input stream manifest or a first pre-encoded media asset manifest. Based on a first transition or a second transition, a different pre-encoded media asset manifest or a different live input stream manifest is inserted to the disparate live media output stream manifest. A first live input stream or a first pre-encoded media asset is switched to a different pre-encoded media asset, or a different live input stream based on the insertion. The first live input stream manifest or the first pre-encoded media asset manifest is modified based on the switching of the first live input stream or the first pre-encoded media asset to the different pre-encoded media asset or the different live input stream.