Multimedia Server Customization Capabilities for FAST Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia data delivery systems for Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) lack efficient mechanisms for managing personalized content distribution, leading to limitations in supporting customized requests and reducing the efficiency of multimedia data delivery.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for delivering multimedia data that involves transmitting data related to customization capabilities from a server device to a user device, receiving a query message with customization parameters, and generating a response message with customized multimedia data based on the parameters and server capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional broadcast TV delivery systems are used, then infrastructure complexity is reduced, but adaptability to personalized content distribution is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The server device is designed to handle multiple types of requests (customized and non-customized) through a unified architecture. The customization capability is integrated into the existing request-response framework, allowing the same system to serve both traditional broadcast needs and personalized content distribution without requiring separate infrastructure systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The server device receives and processes customization parameters in advance before content delivery. By preparing customization logic and capabilities ahead of time, the system can efficiently handle personalized requests without adding real-time processing complexity during the actual content streaming, thus maintaining infrastructure simplicity while enabling adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customization capabilities are added to existing delivery systems, then personalized content distribution is improved, but request handling complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The request processing is segmented into distinct phases: receiving the request with customization parameters, retrieving customization capabilities from storage, comparing parameters against capabilities, and generating appropriate responses. This segmentation allows each phase to be handled independently and simplifies the overall processing logic by breaking down the complex customization task into manageable steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The server device uses feedback mechanisms by first transmitting customization capabilities to the user device and then using this information to validate and process customization parameters in subsequent requests. This feedback loop ensures that only supported customization parameters are processed, reducing processing complexity by preventing invalid requests from entering the processing pipeline.
3Productivity
If capability data transmission is implemented, then request validation efficiency is improved, but data transmission overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transmitting complete capability datasets for all possible customization parameters, the system transmits only the necessary customization capability data relevant to the current request context. This partial action approach reduces data transmission volume while maintaining sufficient information for effective request validation and processing.
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AI summary
A method for delivering multimedia data to a user device of a multimedia data delivery system is proposed, which comprises, by a server device of the multimedia data delivery system, transmitting, to the user device, data related to customization capabilities of the server device, receiving, from the user device, a query message for multimedia data, wherein the query message includes a parameter related to customization of multimedia data, and upon receiving the query message, generating a response message which includes multimedia data customized, based on the parameter and the customization capabilities of the server device, for transmission to the user device.