TV App Deeplink Validation for Faster Media Application Approval
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual review process for third-party applications on network-connected television devices is time-consuming and delays their availability due to the need for multiple communications with administrative users, hindering efficient validation and deployment.
Innovation Solution
An automated validation system using multiple validators tests media applications on network-connected television devices, ensuring correct operation of deeplinks, video tiles, and media playback, and provides notifications to content partners for incorrect operations, suppressing recommendations for faulty elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual review process is used for third-party applications, then quality control and technical criteria verification are ensured, but validation time and deployment delays increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system performs self-validation by automatically testing third-party applications against technical criteria without requiring continuous human intervention. The system executes test cases, evaluates results, and determines compliance autonomously, allowing the application validation process to serve itself rather than relying on manual administrative review for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation testing before formal approval by pre-screening applications against technical criteria. By conducting automated tests in advance and identifying compliance issues beforehand, the system prepares validation results that can be quickly reviewed and approved, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual testing and back-and-forth communications.
2Reliability
If multiple back-and-forth communications with administrative users occur during review, then application issues are identified and resolved, but productivity and release speed decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system implements automated feedback loops where test results are immediately communicated to the application developer through the system. When compliance issues are detected, the system automatically generates feedback reports detailing specific failures and required corrections, eliminating the need for manual communication cycles and enabling developers to quickly address and resubmit fixes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical communication system (emails, notifications, manual reviews) with an automated electronic validation system. The system uses computer-executed test cases and automated result analysis to substitute human administrative review, transforming the manual communication process into an automated digital workflow that continuously validates applications without human intervention.
3Productivity
If automated validation with multiple validators is implemented, then validation speed and productivity increase, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system is segmented into multiple independent validators, each responsible for specific technical criteria (e.g., deeplink functionality, media playback, user interface). This segmentation allows each validator to operate autonomously on its designated function, simplifying the overall system architecture by dividing complex validation logic into manageable, specialized modules that can be developed, maintained, and executed independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation system implements universal validators that can test multiple aspects of third-party applications through a single integrated platform. Each validator is designed to handle various test cases and criteria within its domain, providing multi-functional capability that reduces the need for separate specialized systems while maintaining comprehensive validation coverage.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and media for automated application validation of media applications installed on a network-connected television device are provided. In some implementations, the methods comprise: receiving, at a server device, a media application for presenting video content, wherein the video content is associated with a plurality of media actions that are presented in one or more unified user interfaces of a unified television application executing on a network-connected television device; testing, at the server device, the media application using a plurality of validators, wherein the plurality of validators each test a portion of the plurality of media actions presented on the one or more unified user interfaces of the unified television application, wherein the plurality of validators includes a first validator that determines whether a deeplink associated with the video content that is available for presentation using the network-connected television application is operating correctly, and wherein the deeplink, upon selection, causes the media application to launch and cause the media application to retrieve and play back a corresponding video content item; determining, using the first validator, a plurality of deeplinks that are associated with the video content that is available for presentation using the media application; determining, using the first validator, whether selection of each of the plurality of deeplinks causes the media application to launch and cause the media application to retrieve and play back the corresponding video content item; and, in response to determining that a subset of the plurality of deeplinks are operating incorrectly, transmitting, at the server device, a notification to the content partner that the subset of the plurality of deeplinks is operating incorrectly while causing the unified television application to suppress recommendations that include a deeplink from the subset of the plurality of deeplinks that are operating incorrectly.