Seamless Video Delivery via Image Stream Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video delivery systems face challenges in seamlessly delivering content to appliances that lack support for standard video playback formats or features like simultaneous streaming of multiple video files and transparent animations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method for seamless content delivery, which includes a seamless content delivery system (SCDS) that restructures video content from a first format (e.g., MP4) into a second format (e.g., individual images with metadata) supported by the appliance, enabling playback even if the original format is not supported.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If video content is delivered in standard video playback formats (e.g., MP4), then delivery efficiency and playback performance are improved, but compatibility with appliances that lack support for these formats deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The video content is segmented into individual image frames, each saved as a separate image file. This segmentation allows the system to deliver video content in a format (sequence of images with metadata) that is universally compatible with various appliances, resolving the contradiction between delivery efficiency and format compatibility by breaking down the standard video format into universally supportable image components
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the format parameter from standard video containers (MP4, MOV) to an alternative representation (sequence of images with metadata files). This parameter change enables compatibility with appliances that cannot play standard video formats while maintaining the ability to deliver video content effectively through image stream playback
2Adaptability or versatility
If video content is converted into individual images and metadata format, then compatibility with various appliances is improved, but processing complexity and conversion time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The video content is pre-processed and converted into individual image frames and metadata files before delivery. This preliminary action ensures that the content is ready in a universally compatible format, eliminating the need for complex runtime conversion on the appliance side and reducing processing complexity during playback
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary conversion process that transforms standard video formats into image sequences with metadata. This intermediary step acts as a bridge between standard video delivery and appliance compatibility, managing the complexity centrally rather than requiring complex playback functionality on each appliance
3Adaptability or versatility
If video is played back as individual images, then support for features like transparent animations and simultaneous streaming is improved, but playback smoothness and video quality may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The image stream format provides universal support for multiple features including transparent animations (through PNG images with alpha channels), simultaneous streaming (through independent image file loading), and playback on various appliances. This multi-functional approach enables feature-rich video delivery while maintaining playback quality through proper image resolution and metadata management
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AI summary
A computer-implemented system for seamless content delivery to an appliance equipped with a screen includes at least one memory, one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and a seamless content delivery system (SCDS), operated by the processor. The SCDS is configured to receive a request to play a video on the screen, the video stored in a first format that the appliance cannot display, restructure the video into a second format supported by the appliance, and play the video in the second format on the screen. A computer-implemented method for seamless content delivery to an appliance equipped with a screen includes receiving a request to play a video on the appliance, the video stored in a first format that the appliance cannot play, restructuring the video into a second format that the appliance can play, and playing the video in the second format on the appliance.