Remote Digital Content Storage Across Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience in accessing digital video content across different devices and platforms due to restrictions imposed by digital rights management (DRM) and the need for specific device compatibility, limiting their ability to watch content at a later time or on a different device.
Innovation Solution
A content delivery system that allows users to remotely store digital content on multiple devices by providing a 'Store' button on content provider pages, enabling users to select a device for storage, and using push, pull, or key-based delivery methods to ensure compatibility and access across various devices, while adhering to DRM requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users bookmark content through host site or send email with link, then content can be accessed on home computer, but user is restricted to accessing content through given host site or service
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a content delivery system as an intermediary between the host site and the user's devices. This system receives content from various sources, manages digital rights, and delivers content to multiple user devices, thereby enabling access flexibility without sacrificing convenience. The intermediary handles the complexity of DRM and device compatibility, allowing users to simply select content and desired devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The content delivery system is designed to work with multiple host sites and multiple user devices simultaneously. It provides universal access to content across different platforms (mobile devices, computers, tablets) and different content sources, making the system adaptable to various scenarios while maintaining ease of use through a unified interface.
2Reliability
If content is stored on specific devices, then DRM restrictions are enforced, but user cannot view content on different device types
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameters of content delivery by transforming content into different formats suitable for various devices while maintaining DRM protection. The content delivery system assesses device capabilities and converts content parameters (format, resolution, codec) to match device requirements, thereby achieving both DRM enforcement and device compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content delivery process into distinct functions: content acquisition, DRM management, format conversion, and device-specific delivery. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in its function, enabling robust DRM enforcement while simultaneously supporting multiple device types through dedicated conversion and delivery mechanisms.
3Reliability
If user must return to host site to retrieve bookmarked content, then content access is maintained, but process becomes haphazard and dependent on user initiative
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing content and pre-establishing delivery pathways to user devices. When a user selects content for storage, the system proactively manages the entire delivery process, including format conversion and device communication, eliminating the need for users to return to the host site and making the process simple and reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
The content delivery system provides self-service functionality by automatically managing content delivery to user devices without requiring user intervention beyond the initial selection. The system handles device communication, content conversion, and delivery scheduling autonomously, thereby maintaining reliable content access while greatly simplifying the user experience.
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AI summary
A system and a method are disclosed for a content delivery system that enable system-independent, remote storing of digital content on any number of a user's devices. The system and method enable a user to designate a digital content item appearing in a web page for storage, as well as a specific, separate device on which to store the content item. The digital content item is not restricted to being viewed or accessed within the content delivery system, but rather the content delivery system enables remote storing of digital content across multiple different systems, from multiple different content sources, for viewing on multiple different devices for any given user.