Multimedia Content Management System for Dynamic Website Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current multimedia hosting solutions are inadequate for managing and dynamically updating multimedia content on websites, particularly for businesses that need to regularly change video or image content without requiring extensive changes to their website's code or infrastructure.

Innovation Solution

A multimedia content management system comprising a mobile computing device and a backend server, which allows users to upload, store, and manage multimedia content remotely through a mobile app, enabling dynamic updates of video or image content on websites without altering the existing website code, using a persistent internet accessible request protocol for seamless communication and storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional web hosting solutions are used to store multimedia content, then content can be hosted on servers, but managing and dynamically updating content requires extensive changes to website code and infrastructure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of content managementVSAvoidwebsite code complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a content management system as an intermediary layer between the website and the multimedia content storage. This system includes a database for storing content, a content management interface for users to upload and manage content, and integration mechanisms that automatically update website displays without requiring code changes. The intermediary handles the complexity of content storage, retrieval, and updates, isolating the website code from content management operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If multimedia content is stored and managed through traditional hosting methods, then content can be accessed via internet servers, but dynamic updates require frequent website code changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent update speedVSAvoidtime for website updates
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and storing multimedia content in a dedicated database with proper indexing and organization. Content is prepared and categorized before being retrieved and displayed on the website. This preliminary organization allows for rapid retrieval and updates without requiring systematic reconfiguration of the website code, enabling businesses to quickly update content without time-consuming code changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If a mobile app is provided for content management, then users can upload content from mobile devices, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplatform compatibilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The content management system is designed with universality by implementing platform-independent communication protocols and standardized interfaces. The system can receive content from various mobile devices through standardized protocols like HTTP/HTTPS and JSON, making it universally compatible with different mobile operating systems and device types. This universal design allows the same backend system to serve multiple platforms without requiring separate complex architectures for each platform.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10349115B2Multimedia content management system and method of displaying remotely hosted content
Publication Date: 2019.07.09 VIDUP LLC
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AI summary

A multimedia content management system includes a mobile computing device and a backend server. The mobile computing device includes a memory programmed with a mobile application, a processor module, a wireless communication module configured to communicate over a wireless communication link, and a first multimedia device configured to capture a first video and a second video. The mobile application is configured to transmit the first video and the second video over the wireless communication link via the wireless communication module. The backend server is communicably coupled to the mobile computing device via the wireless communications link and configured to execute a persistent internet accessible request protocol for receiving, updating, and storing transmitted videos. The multimedia content management system is useful for hosting and remotely managing multimedia content.