Selective Media Broadcasting via Spot Removal and Playback Stretching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Broadcast stations face challenges in selectively providing content that is appropriate for diverse audiences, as shared programming may contain unsuitable media events for certain listeners, necessitating a method to customize and filter media broadcasts.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for selectively broadcasting media events by identifying and skipping unwanted spots in a daypart of an event log, allowing for real-time user input to insert preferred content and stretching media events to maintain broadcast continuity, while generating lists of broadcasted content based on feature status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If broadcast stations share programming across multiple stations and audiences, then broadcasting efficiency and content distribution are improved, but content appropriateness and audience relevance deteriorate because the same content may not be suitable for all audiences
Solution Approach 1:
The broadcast content is segmented into different types (spots and content media events) that can be independently selected and transmitted. The system divides the broadcast stream into identifiable segments that can be filtered, modified, or selectively transmitted to different audiences based on their preferences and appropriateness criteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The broadcast system dynamically adjusts content selection based on real-time or near-real-time user input and audience characteristics. The system can modify the broadcast stream on-the-fly by inserting, deleting, or replacing content segments according to audience-specific requirements while maintaining overall broadcasting efficiency.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If spots are removed from the broadcast to create spot-free dayparts, then audience experience and content quality are improved, but broadcast continuity and timing synchronization deteriorate due to gaps in the program schedule
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and removes unwanted spot segments from the broadcast stream while preserving the essential content media events. By selectively taking out only the problematic elements (spots) and retaining the valuable content, the system improves audience experience without completely restructuring the broadcast.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary identification and marking of spots and content media events before broadcast. By pre-configuring which segments to remove or modify, the system can maintain broadcast continuity through automated timing adjustments and synchronization without requiring real-time intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If user input is incorporated in near-real-time to insert preferred content, then audience relevance and personalization are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates near-real-time user input as feedback to dynamically adjust the broadcast content. User preferences, ratings, or requests are processed and reflected in the content selection and insertion decisions, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to audience needs while maintaining manageable complexity through automated processing rules.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and apparatus for broadcasting media events, the method including the steps of providing a sequence of media events in a first server, the sequence of media events including at least one media event and a plurality of advertisement spots; playing the sequence from the first server to a second server prior to a predetermined broadcast time; and storing at the second server at least a part of the sequence received from the first server. The method may further include the steps of skipping, at the second server, spots during the broadcast of a sequence of media events during a spot-free daypart, inserting preferred content media events in the broadcast sequence, and inserting markers indicating whether a media event has been played during a spot-free daypart are to be played in the sequence of media events.