Server Resume Function for Live Streaming Interruptions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current moving image sharing systems do not support the restart of real-time content viewing, leading to a loss in viewing experience due to interrupted sessions, as users cannot resume watching from their previous spot, especially when switching between devices or after a long interruption.
Innovation Solution
A server-based system that stores content identification and interrupted spot information for users, allowing for the notification and resumption of real-time content viewing from the interrupted point through time shift reproduction, even after the original viewing session has ended.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the resume function is implemented for archive moving images, then users can restart viewing from the interrupted spot, but the function cannot be applied to real-time content such as live distribution moving images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the resume function to work with both archive moving images and real-time content (live distribution moving images). The server identifies interrupted viewing spots for real-time content and enables users to restart viewing from those spots, making the resume function universally applicable across different content types including both archived and live-streamed content.
2Ease of operation
If users manually search for interrupted content through viewing history or keywords, then the resume function can be utilized, but significant time and effort are required
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs preliminary identification and storage of viewing interrupted spots automatically when viewing is interrupted. When users access the system, the server proactively notifies them of the interrupted content and provides direct access to resume from the interrupted spot, eliminating the need for users to manually search through viewing history or use keywords.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides feedback to users by notifying them when they attempt to access content that has previously been interrupted. The system detects the user's access attempt, identifies the interrupted content, and provides notification with options to resume viewing, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that guides users back to their interrupted viewing point.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes a storage unit, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The storage unit stores content identification information and interrupted spot information in association with user identification information in a case where the viewing of a content during live distribution is interrupted in a first terminal logged in using the user identification information. The determination unit determines whether or not the content identification information and/or the interrupted spot information that are associated with the user identification information are stored in the storage unit in a case where the server is accessed from a second terminal logged in using the user identification information after the viewing is interrupted. In a case where such information is stored in the storage unit, the notification unit notifies the second terminal that the viewing of the content can be restarted from a viewing interrupted spot by time shift reproduction.