Multi-Provider Television Autoplay With Runtime-Normalized Clips
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing television applications struggle to autoplay media content seamlessly across multiple providers without user intervention, particularly when dealing with content items that exceed predefined runtimes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating clips of media content items with predefined runtimes, allowing seamless autoplay by substituting clips for original content items, and creating an ordered list for continuous playback on smart televisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the system attempts to autoplay media content items with varying runtimes from multiple providers, then the autoplay functionality and user convenience are improved, but the system complexity increases due to the need to manage different content formats and providers
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments media content items into standardized clips with uniform runtime durations. By dividing content into fixed-length segments, the system simplifies the management of varying content formats from multiple providers, enabling consistent autoplay behavior without increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the runtime parameter of media content items by generating clips with standardized runtimes based on user preferences. This parameter transformation allows the system to handle diverse content sources uniformly, improving autoplay functionality while maintaining system simplicity
2Reliability
If the system generates clips with predefined runtimes by substituting clips for original content items, then the autoplay reliability is improved by ensuring consistent playback duration, but the loss of time increases due to the need to process and generate clips from original content
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing of media content items by generating clips with predefined runtimes before they are added to the autoplay queue. This advance preparation ensures that when content needs to be played, it already conforms to the required runtime specifications, improving reliability while minimizing processing delays
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous operation by pre-generating clips in parallel with content consumption. The clip generation process runs concurrently with content delivery, ensuring that the autoplay function remains reliable without significant time loss, as the system is always ready with pre-processed content
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AI summary
According to an aspect, a method may include receiving a request to generate an autoplay list, identifying a plurality of media content items, identifying a runtime for each of the plurality of media content items, based on determining that a runtime for a media content item included in the plurality of media content items exceeds a predefined runtime, generating a clip of the media content item with a runtime that is less than or equal to the predefined runtime, generating an ordered list of the plurality of media content items, substituting the clip for the media content item in place of the media content item included in the ordered list, generating an autoplay list based on the ordered list, and sending the autoplay list for a television application to play the plurality of media content items in the autoplay list on a network-connected display device.