Streaming Media Delivery Composite for Segment Delay Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Streaming media providers face challenges in accurately assessing the performance of their media distribution systems, leading to inefficient resource allocation and user dissatisfaction due to issues like delay or freeze-frame during media consumption.
Innovation Solution
A method to determine system delay and file transfer delay factors associated with segment files of streaming media products, which are used to calculate a media delivery composite, allowing for the identification of performance weaknesses and optimization of media delivery systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If streaming media providers continuously improve media distribution systems to maintain user satisfaction, then user experience quality improves, but resource allocation becomes inefficient due to inability to accurately assess system performance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by collecting performance data from multiple sources (server logs, network monitoring, client reports) and using this feedback to continuously optimize media distribution. The system monitors delivery metrics, identifies bottlenecks, and adjusts resource allocation based on actual performance data, creating a closed-loop system that improves reliability while optimizing resource usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-assessment of its own performance by automatically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting delivery metrics without requiring external evaluation. The media distribution system monitors its own health, identifies performance issues, and triggers corrective actions autonomously, enabling efficient resource allocation based on real-time system state.
2Reliability
If streaming media providers allocate more resources to improve delivery performance, then media delivery quality improves, but system complexity increases making it difficult to identify problem areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media distribution system into distinct components (content delivery network, encoding servers, streaming servers, client devices) and analyzes performance metrics for each segment separately. This segmentation allows the system to identify specific problem areas without being overwhelmed by overall system complexity, enabling targeted resource allocation to improve delivery quality where needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary monitoring and analysis components that act as mediators between the complex distribution system and the control mechanisms. These intermediaries collect, aggregate, and interpret performance data from multiple sources, translating complex system behavior into actionable insights that simplify decision-making about resource allocation and system optimization.
3Measurement precision
If streaming media providers implement comprehensive performance monitoring, then ability to identify system weaknesses improves, but measurement and detection difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal performance monitoring framework that uses standardized metrics and measurement methods across all components of the media distribution system. This multi-functional approach allows the same monitoring infrastructure to assess content delivery, encoding performance, network transmission, and client playback, achieving comprehensive performance assessment without proportionally increasing measurement complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple measurement functions into integrated monitoring tools that simultaneously track delivery time, buffer status, encoding efficiency, and network conditions. By merging these measurements into unified dashboards and analysis systems, the patent achieves high measurement precision while reducing the operational difficulty of collecting and interpreting performance data.
Data Source
AI summary
A system delay factor associated with a segment file of a streaming media product is determined. A file transfer delay factor associated with the segment file of the streaming media product is also determined. A media delivery composite is determined for the segment file of the streaming media product based upon, at least in part, the system delay factor associated with the segment file and the file transfer delay factor associated with the segment file.