Television Receiver Wireless Media Streaming Buffer Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing television receivers face challenges in reliably transmitting media content over wireless networks to electronic devices without interruptions, often resulting in suboptimal user experience due to limited memory allocation and prioritization of data transmission.
Innovation Solution
The television receiver dynamically increases the allocation of physical memory resources for data transmission over the wireless network when a request for media content is received. This involves expanding the socket buffer and transmission ring buffer sizes, and prioritizing media data transmission to ensure uninterrupted and high-quality playback on connected devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the television receiver allocates increased physical memory capacity to socket buffer and transmission ring buffer for media data transmission, then the reliability and uninterrupted playback of media content is improved, but the device complexity and memory management overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic memory allocation where the television receiver adjusts socket buffer and transmission ring buffer sizes based on real-time transmission conditions and media data requirements. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to optimize memory usage for reliable media streaming without permanently increasing device complexity, as memory allocation adapts to actual needs rather than being fixed
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes memory allocation parameters (buffer sizes) in response to transmission conditions and media data characteristics. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system achieves reliable uninterrupted playback while managing complexity through parameter optimization rather than structural complexity
2Reliability
If the television receiver prioritizes media data transmission over other data types, then the quality and uninterrupted playback of media content is improved, but the overall system throughput and versatility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary prioritization where media data transmission is given priority before other data types when media content is being streamed. This preliminary action ensures uninterrupted playback quality while the system maintains the ability to handle other data types when media streaming is not active, thus balancing reliability with versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission prioritization is implemented dynamically, adjusting data priority based on whether media streaming is actively occurring. When media data is being transmitted, it receives priority handling; when not, the system can handle other data types with equal priority, maintaining versatility while ensuring media playback reliability when needed
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AI summary
A television receiver receives media data from a media content provider. The television receiver is also connected to a wireless network. When the television receiver receives a request via the wireless network to provide media content to an electronic device over the wireless network, the television receiver adjusts the size of a socket buffer associated with a TCP/IP socket and a transmission ring buffer associated with a wireless driver.