Session Module for Synchronizing Multimedia Service Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current multimedia services face challenges in providing close-to-reality experiences, requiring upgrades in multiple entities and devices, and lack a standardized procedure for users to follow and share multimedia sessions effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize a media managing server to facilitate multimedia sessions by allowing clients to request and synchronize content views, invite others to join sessions, and manage preferences, with a convergence layer delivering multimedia services based on user and provider system configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple entities and devices are upgraded to achieve close-to-reality multimedia experiences, then the realism and immersion of multimedia services are improved, but the device complexity and system compatibility issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a session module as an intermediary component that manages multimedia sessions between multiple client devices and server systems. This session module handles synchronization, coordination, and compatibility management, allowing diverse devices to participate in immersive multimedia experiences without requiring complex upgrades to each individual device. The session module acts as a mediator that abstracts the complexity away from individual devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can follow and share multimedia sessions across different devices, then the social interaction and user engagement are improved, but the synchronization and coordination complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The session module is designed with universal functionality that enables it to manage multimedia sessions across multiple different device types and platforms. It provides a standardized interface and protocol that works universally across smartphones, tablets, computers, and other client devices, allowing users to follow and share sessions without device-specific complexity. The module handles platform differences and coordination challenges through its multi-functional design.
3Ease of operation
If presence information and user lists are managed in real-time for social networking, then the user interaction capability is improved, but the information management and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The session module extracts and separates presence information management from the core multimedia processing functions. It specifically handles user lists, presence status, and interaction data as distinct managed entities, allowing the main multimedia service to focus on content delivery while the session module manages the social networking aspects. This extraction reduces the processing load on the overall system by dedicating specific functionality to specific tasks.
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AI summary
In one or more embodiments method and an apparatus for experiencing an multimedia service are provided. Multiple entities such as a first client device, a second client device, a media managing server, and a media provider system perform set of functions to experience the multimedia service. In an embodiment, the method of experiencing multimedia service is provided which includes the steps of transmitting a first request with a set of preferences for obtaining an multimedia session with at least one of a session id, a program id and a view id, establishing the multimedia session with the media managing server and the media provider system based on the first request and the set of preferences, and transmitting a second request to the media managing server for inviting one or more client devices to share the multimedia session.