Automated Smart TV Web-Camera Streaming via Encoded Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart TV systems face challenges in connecting to remote web-cameras for streaming video without human intervention, requiring manual setup and lacking automated data management for continuous playback.
Innovation Solution
An automated data management system that uses encoded identifiers to connect TV sets to web-cameras and servers, allowing for automated retrieval and playback of streaming video upon powering on, with secure and reliable data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual connection and setup procedures are used to connect TV set to remote web-camera, then connection reliability is improved, but user time and effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating encoded identifiers, establishing connections, and configuring parameters before the user needs to watch content. The TV set automatically polls the server, retrieves web-camera identifiers, and sets up the connection in advance, so when the user powers on the TV, everything is already configured and ready for immediate playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the TV set to automatically manage its own connection to web-cameras without human intervention. The TV set autonomously generates encoded identifiers, polls the server for available web-cameras, selects and connects to desired web-cameras, and maintains continuous playback automatically, making the system serve itself rather than requiring user configuration.
2Ease of operation
If automated connection system is implemented, then user effort is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a server as an intermediary that manages the complexity of web-camera connections, encoding/decoding identifiers, and coordination between TV sets and web-cameras. This intermediary handles the complex tasks of identifier generation, web-camera discovery, and connection management, so the TV set itself remains relatively simple while achieving automated functionality through the mediating server.
3Speed
If encoded identifiers are used for automated connection, then connection speed is improved, but data security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms web-camera identifiers into encoded forms by changing their parameter representation. The encoding process converts readable identifiers into secure, compact formats that are harder to intercept or misuse, while the decoding process on the server side restores the original identifiers for connection establishment, thus maintaining both speed and security.
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AI summary
An automated data management system in a smart television comprises at least one TV set (2) that is equipped with a TV set processor device (6). The latter is connected to the server (10) that is configured to exchange data with said TV set processor device. Web-cameras (13) are provided, which are configured to send a signal with a streaming video to the server (10) in a real time. Upon receipt of a service message about the fact that the TV set (2) is in a standby mode from the TV set processor device (6), a server processor device (14) is configured to send a signal from the web-camera (13) selected by the user to the TV set (2) display device (4).