Personalized Audio Playlists for Simultaneous Media Presentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current media systems struggle to automatically manage and resolve conflicts between multiple media assets being consumed simultaneously, requiring manual user intervention to switch between audio streams and failing to utilize metadata for personalized content presentation.

Innovation Solution

A system that analyzes user preferences and metadata to automatically switch between media assets, generating a combined audio stream and resolving audio conflicts by muting or redirecting streams based on user preferences, and dynamically managing video players to optimize content presentation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple media assets are played simultaneously on a single device, then users gain flexibility in viewing content, but manual switching between audio streams becomes laborious and inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility in viewing contentVSAvoidmanual switching between audio streams

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors multiple media assets and performs audio stream switching without user intervention. The media player detects audio conflicts and resolves them by muting or redirecting streams based on user preferences stored in the system, eliminating the need for manual switching operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors the playback state of multiple media assets and uses feedback loops to detect audio conflicts. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts audio stream routing and muting decisions to maintain optimal playback quality according to user preferences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If users manually switch between media assets to listen to different audio streams, then they can access multiple content sources, but the process becomes time-consuming and inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to multiple content sourcesVSAvoidtime spent manually switching

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures user preferences for different media asset types and audio stream priorities before playback begins. When multiple assets are played simultaneously, the system uses these pre-established preferences to automatically determine which audio streams to prioritize, eliminating the need for real-time manual switching decisions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If the system automatically manages multiple media assets using metadata and user preferences, then audio conflicts are resolved seamlessly, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic audio conflict resolutionVSAvoidsystem complexity for managing multiple assets

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a media guidance application as an intermediary layer between the user and the media player. This intermediary component handles the complex tasks of parsing metadata, analyzing user preferences, and coordinating audio stream management, thereby isolating the complexity from the core playback functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If multiple audio streams are played simultaneously, then users can consume multiple media assets, but audio conflicts occur requiring manual intervention

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconsumption of multiple media assetsVSAvoidaudio stream compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects audio conflicts between simultaneous media assets and resolves them without user intervention. By monitoring audio stream compatibility and applying user preferences, the system maintains reliable playback across multiple assets while eliminating the need for manual conflict resolution.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12464192B2Methods and systems to provide a playlist for simultaneous presentation of a plurality of media assets

Publication Date: 2025.11.04 ADEIA GUIDES INC

AI summary

Systems and methods are described herein for generating a playlist for a simultaneous presentation of a plurality of media assets. The system retrieves a user preference associated with a user profile and receives a selection of a first media asset and a second media asset from the plurality of media assets for presentation on a user device. The system parses the respective audio streams of the first media asset and the second media asset to identify one or more preferred audio segments based on the user preference and generates the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments. Based on a generated audio playlist, the system generates, for presentation on the user device, the video stream for each of the first media asset and the second media asset and the playlist of the identified one or more preferred audio segments.