Network Controlled Media Upload for Collaborative Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
In network environments, especially wireless mobile or cellular networks, multiple client devices streaming media content for collaborative productions face inefficiencies due to individual optimization of each streaming link, leading to suboptimal use of shared spectrum resources and reduced quality of experience (QoE).
Innovation Solution
Implementing event-coordinated network assistance, where a network assistance device provides data to client devices to prioritize resource allocation based on aggregated capacity and production needs, optimizing the combined media production by adjusting streaming quality and resource allocation among multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If each individual streaming link is optimized individually, then the client device can transmit data with the highest bit rate that the client can generate, but the network resources are used inefficiently when multiple clients are streaming simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual streaming links into a unified collaborative production session. The network node aggregates capacity information from multiple clients and coordinates resource allocation across all participants simultaneously, transforming individual optimization into collective optimization that improves both individual streaming rates and overall network efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the network node receives capacity information from multiple clients, analyzes aggregated network conditions, and sends coordinated resource allocation decisions back to each client. This closed-loop control enables dynamic adjustment of streaming parameters based on real-time network state, resolving the contradiction between individual performance and network efficiency.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple client devices stream media content for collaborative production, then the media production quality can be improved, but the shared spectrum resources are used suboptimally due to individual link optimization
Solution Approach 1:
The network node acts as an intermediary that receives capacity information from multiple clients, aggregates network conditions, and coordinates resource allocation across all participants. This intermediary function enables collaborative production of high-quality media while optimizing shared spectrum resources by considering the collective state rather than individual links in isolation.
3Ease of operation
If the network node adapts streaming assuming content comes from individual clients, then each streaming link can be optimized independently, but collaborative production efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the network node's behavior based on the type of production session. For collaborative productions, it switches from individual link optimization mode to coordinated resource allocation mode, where it aggregates capacity information from multiple clients and sends coordinated decisions. This dynamic adaptation maintains ease of operation for individual streams while enabling efficient collaborative production when needed.
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AI summary
The media production element (12) combines media content from a plurality of streaming electronic devices when they are registered to be within the same streaming event. The media production element (12) can produce a combined live video stream or a combined media production using selections and combinations of the streamed content provided by the multiple electronic devices. An electronic device participating in the uplink data streaming of the event can transmit data segments to the media production element (12) in real-time, and it can also store data segments locally. A network assistance device (42) or media production element (12) can request a non-real time stored data segment from the electronic device.