Television Receiver Automatic Content Gap Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Satellite television distribution systems often experience signal loss due to rain fade or other mechanisms, resulting in gaps in recorded content, which are undesirable and previously unavoidable.
Innovation Solution
A method where a television receiver detects service interruptions during recording, logs the affected times, and sends a request to a computer system to retrieve missing content, which is then received and edited into the recording to repair the gaps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If signal transmission is performed through satellite distribution systems, then content delivery is achieved, but signal loss occurs due to rain fade or other mechanisms causing gaps in recorded content
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively requests and stores backup content segments before playback is needed. When a gap is detected in the recorded content, the receiver has already retrieved the missing segments from the content delivery system, allowing immediate repair without waiting during playback.
Solution Approach 2:
A content repair system acts as an intermediary between the satellite distribution system and the receiver. This intermediary automatically detects gaps in recorded content, retrieves missing segments from the content delivery system, and repairs the recording, shielding the user from signal loss issues.
2Reliability
If automatic gap detection and repair is implemented, then content integrity is maintained, but system complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The television receiver performs self-diagnosis by automatically detecting gaps in its recorded content and self-repairs by autonomously retrieving missing segments from the content delivery system. This self-service approach maintains content integrity without requiring external intervention or complex user-side infrastructure.
3Ease of operation
If manual intervention is required for content repair, then system complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to customer burden
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors recorded content for gaps and automatically initiates repair operations when issues are detected. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures content integrity is maintained without requiring customer awareness or action, making the system both automated and convenient for users.
Data Source
AI summary
A television receiver may detect at least one gap in content within an instance of recorded programming. The television receiver may send to a computer system a request to repair the at least one gap in content within the instance of recorded programming. The television receiver may receive one of content associated with the at least one gap in content, and a notification that indicates unavailability of content associated with the at least one gap in content. The television receiver may edit the instance of recorded programming to include content associated with the at least one gap in content when content associated with the at least one gap in content is received.