Multimedia Recording Distribution via Identification Instructions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current multimedia data recording methods face efficiency bottlenecks due to high data processing demands, leading to performance issues in unified communication and IP contact center services, where large amounts of multimedia data need to be processed and distributed across multiple recording devices.

Innovation Solution

A method and system where a distribution device generates and sends a recording instruction with multimedia data identification information to a recording device, allowing the device to identify and record only the necessary multimedia data, reducing the data processing load and improving efficiency by not requiring the distribution device to handle all multimedia data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the distribution device processes and distributes all received multimedia data in a centralized manner, then complete recording of all multimedia data is achieved, but the resource consumption increases and processing efficiency decreases due to the large data amount

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of recordingVSAvoidprocessing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the centralized distribution device into multiple distributed recording devices. Each recording device independently receives and processes a portion of the multimedia data streams, eliminating the single bottleneck of the centralized device. The system segments the recording function across multiple nodes, allowing parallel processing of different data streams simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the recording function from the distribution device and implements it independently in dedicated recording devices. This separation allows the distribution device to focus solely on data distribution while recording devices handle the actual recording operations, improving overall system efficiency and reducing the processing burden on the distribution device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If the distribution device distributes all multimedia data to multiple recording devices, then recording coverage is improved, but the resource consumption and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecording coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Each recording device autonomously determines which multimedia data streams it should record based on pre-configured recording rules and policies. The devices self-manage their own recording operations without requiring centralized control and coordination, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining comprehensive recording coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the operational parameters of recording devices from centralized control to autonomous operation. Each device is configured with specific recording parameters and rules that enable it to independently make recording decisions, reducing the complexity of inter-device coordination while ensuring complete coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If the distribution device handles large amounts of multimedia data simultaneously, then all data can be recorded, but performance bottlenecks occur and processing timeliness decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata recording completenessVSAvoidprocessing timeliness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large volume of multimedia data into multiple separate data streams that are distributed to different recording devices for parallel processing. This segmentation enables simultaneous processing of multiple streams without creating a single point of congestion, thereby maintaining processing timeliness while ensuring complete data recording.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system ensures continuous processing of multimedia data by distributing data streams across multiple recording devices that operate simultaneously and continuously. This parallel continuous operation eliminates the sequential processing bottleneck, maintaining both completeness and timeliness of data recording.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentEP2701358B1Method, device, and system for implementing multimedia data recording
Publication Date: 2020.09.09 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a distribution device does not need to process and distribute all multimedia data and only needs to decide multimedia data identification information corresponding to multimedia data that needs to be recorded and send the multimedia data identification information to a recording device, and the recording device identifies the multimedia data corresponding to the multimedia data identification information and records the multimedia data, so that the amount of data that the distribution device processes is small, thereby improving the efficiency of recording multimedia data.