Tailored Video Streaming Synchronization Across Multi-Device Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video streaming technologies fail to synchronize video content effectively across multiple devices, leading to delays and distractions for users, particularly in multi-device environments where additional information is sought from internet sources during live events.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for tailoring video streaming that allows synchronized video content to be shared across devices using a smart TV or media hub, which processes and transmits tailored content streams based on user preferences and contextual cues, using protocols like UPnP and DLNA, and includes digital rights management for secure distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple internet feeds are integrated to provide additional content on user devices, then content richness is improved, but synchronization delay increases
Solution Approach 1:
The video stream is segmented into multiple tailored content streams, each optimized for specific devices. The system divides the original stream into different resolutions and formats, distributing appropriate segments to different devices simultaneously, thereby maintaining synchronization while providing rich content.
Solution Approach 2:
A media hub or smart TV acts as an intermediary device that receives the original video stream and generates multiple tailored streams. This intermediary processes and distributes synchronized content to multiple devices, eliminating the need for each device to independently access internet feeds and thus reducing synchronization delays.
2Ease of operation
If TV content is replicated on user devices, then accessibility is improved, but user engagement with TV content decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of uniform replication, the system applies local quality by providing customized video streams tailored to each device's specific characteristics (screen resolution, processing capabilities). Each device receives optimized content suited to its local properties, enhancing the viewing experience while maintaining connection to the primary TV broadcast.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts content delivery based on device type, network conditions, and user preferences. Video streams are dynamically generated and adjusted in real-time, allowing the same content to be optimally delivered across diverse devices without sacrificing viewer engagement with the main TV broadcast.
3Manufacturing precision
If high resolution video streams are transmitted to multiple devices, then video quality is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system delivers video quality appropriate to each device's local characteristics. High-resolution streams are transmitted only to devices capable of displaying them (such as smart TVs), while mobile devices receive optimized lower-resolution streams. This ensures high video quality where needed while conserving network bandwidth on other devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes transmission parameters (resolution, bitrate, format) based on the receiving device's capabilities. By dynamically adjusting these parameters, the system maintains high video quality for capable devices while reducing bandwidth consumption for devices with limited processing or display capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods described herein are provided for displaying video content in a multi-device environment where video content may be synchronized between two or more display devices. Video content displayed on one or more of the display devices may be a cropped version (or region of interest) of video content shown on a main display. Some embodiments may make recommendations to determine regions of interest based on contextual cues and user preferences. For some embodiments, a user may indicate a desire to follow a traced object, which may be used to determine regions of interest.