Social Network Music Content Sharing via Server Intermediation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current music services based on social networks primarily provide log information and do not effectively share music content between users, lacking a method for seamless content sharing.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that allow a social network server to transmit music content and associated information from one terminal to another when requested, enabling synchronized or simultaneous playback across connected users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If music content is shared between social network members, then user experience and community engagement are enhanced, but system complexity and bandwidth consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent sharing capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary that receives music content from a first terminal and redistributes it to second terminals. The server mediates the content sharing process, handling transmission coordination and user authentication, which simplifies the complexity at individual terminal devices while enabling seamless content sharing across the social network.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The server provides multiple functions including content reception, content storage, user authentication, and content distribution to multiple terminals. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity at the server level, allowing terminals to remain relatively simple while benefiting from comprehensive content sharing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If music content is transmitted to multiple terminals, then content sharing is enabled, but network bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent sharing capabilityVSAvoidbandwidth consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The server creates and distributes copies of the music content to multiple second terminals that request access. This copying mechanism enables simultaneous content access for multiple users without requiring complex real-time synchronization, efficiently utilizing network bandwidth by allowing independent playback at each terminal while the server manages the distribution.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10021199B2Apparatus and method for providing streaming music service

Publication Date: 2018.07.10 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

An apparatus and a method for sharing contents provided based on a social network between members of the social network. A content providing method includes, when a first terminal in a social network requests to use content, transmitting the corresponding content to the first terminal. The method also includes transmitting content use information associated with the first terminal to at least one adjacent terminal in the social network, via the social network. The method further includes, when a second terminal of the at least one adjacent terminal requests to use the same content as the first terminal, transmitting the same content to the second terminal.