Shared Virtual Space for Cross-Stream Virtual Item Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for internet live broadcasting fail to enable wider recognition and support of virtual items as symbols of appreciation from a broader audience, limiting their visibility and impact.
Innovation Solution
A content distribution system and method that allows participation from multiple live content distributors and viewers, incorporating motion information and virtual item commitments across interconnected virtual spaces, enabling wider distribution and recognition of support symbols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If virtual items are displayed only in the live content being viewed, then the commitment is made simple for viewers, but the visibility and recognition of virtual items is limited to a narrow audience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple live content virtual spaces into a shared environment where virtual items committed by viewers can be displayed across different content streams. This allows a single virtual item commitment to be visible to multiple audiences simultaneously, increasing recognition without requiring separate commitment mechanisms for each content stream.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual space is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both the display environment for individual live content and as a shared showcase for virtual items committed by viewers. This multi-functionality allows the same virtual space to support both content delivery and cross-content item display, expanding visibility without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple distributors share the same virtual space, then the reach and recognition of virtual items increases, but the management and coordination of the system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the virtual space management into distinct functional modules: content distribution modules for each distributor, a shared virtual space management module, and an item commitment processing module. This segmentation allows multiple distributors to operate independently while sharing the common virtual space infrastructure, reducing coordination complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that mediates between multiple distributors and the shared virtual space. The server handles the coordination of virtual item display across different content streams, managing the complexity of multi-distributor interactions while allowing distributors to focus on their content delivery.
3Quantity of substance
If virtual items are committed only by viewers of a specific live content, then the commitment process is straightforward, but the circle of support remains limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the commitment mechanism from a single-dimension model (viewers of one content can commit items for that content) to a multi-dimensional model where viewers of any live content can commit virtual items that appear in the shared virtual space, visible to all content audiences. This dimensional expansion increases the pool of potential supporters without complicating the commitment action itself.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure has a configuration in which a distributor who performs a separate distribution that is different from this live content, or a viewer who views this separate distribution can participate in a virtual space and express intent or participate in visual recognition through the commitment of a virtual item.