Topic Extraction Platform With Persistent Sockets for Synchronized Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital content delivery systems face challenges in providing scalable, low-latency, and synchronized secondary content to multiple viewers based on extracted topics from primary content, particularly in real-time scenarios.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a Topic Extraction Platform (TEP) that utilizes machine learning and semantic matching to extract relevant topics from primary digital content and deliver synchronized secondary content through multiple Internet communication channels, including dedicated topic sockets for persistent connections, ensuring low-latency and synchronized delivery of secondary content to viewer devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple viewers access secondary content through traditional content delivery systems, then content delivery is achieved, but viewer latency and synchronization issues occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesynchronization of secondary contentVSAvoidviewer latency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the delivery of secondary content by establishing separate persistent connections (sockets) for each viewer device. This allows individualized content delivery while maintaining system-wide synchronization through centralized topic extraction and distribution coordination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing persistent socket connections between the content delivery system and viewer devices before content delivery begins. This proactive connection setup eliminates connection latency during actual content delivery and enables real-time synchronized updates.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If traditional content delivery methods are used for secondary content, then content can be delivered, but scalability to significant numbers of viewers is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery efficiency of secondary contentVSAvoidscalability to multiple viewers

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The persistent socket connection system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it delivers secondary content, provides real-time updates, maintains synchronization across viewers, and scales to accommodate varying numbers of concurrent viewers. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate systems for each function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains continuous persistent connections with viewer devices, enabling uninterrupted real-time delivery of secondary content and immediate propagation of updates. This continuous action eliminates repeated connection establishment overhead and enables efficient scaling to many viewers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of operation

If real-time delivery of secondary content is implemented, then viewer engagement is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereal-time content deliveryVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a centralized content delivery system that acts as an intermediary between the topic extraction process and multiple viewer devices. This intermediary manages all persistent connections, coordinates content distribution, and handles synchronization, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling real-time delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12598241B2Systems, apparatus and methods for topic extraction from digital media and real-time display of digital content relating to one or more extracted topics

Publication Date: 2026.04.07 SPORTSCASTR INC

AI summary

A webpage or an application view of an app displayed on a viewer device includes primary digital content. A request from the viewer device is transmitted and received, via at least one webserver, to embed secondary digital content in a topic extraction platform (TEP) unit on the displayed webpage or application view. The secondary digital content relates to a topic present in and extracted from the primary digital content, and is derived from topic information about the topic retrieved via a control server from a topic information provider. A persistent connection is established between the viewer device and a dedicated socket of a socket server coupled to the control server to push updated secondary digital content to the viewer device for embedding in the TEP unit. One example of primary digital content includes a news article about a sports team, for which secondary digital content including betting information regarding an upcoming event involving the sports team may be embedded in the TEP unit.