Wanted List Queue for Satellite Content Prioritization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Satellite television systems face inefficiencies in maximizing satellite capacity for content delivery, as they often rely on expensive broadband capacity to provide users with desired content, necessitating a method to optimize content processing and delivery.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for building a wanted list queue that communicates metadata for content titles, prioritizes content, and tunes user devices to receive selected content, allowing for efficient storage and playback of desired content while minimizing reliance on costly broadband capacity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If satellite television systems rely on broadband capacity to provide users with desired content, then users can access content quickly and conveniently, but the system incurs high costs due to expensive broadband capacity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent access convenienceVSAvoidbroadband capacity cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by building a wanted list queue in advance, prioritizing content requests before actual delivery. This allows the system to prepare content delivery schedules ahead of time, enabling efficient use of satellite capacity while maintaining user convenience for accessing desired content

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of energy

If the system maximizes use of satellite capacity for content delivery, then broadband costs are reduced, but the system complexity increases due to content prioritization and queue management

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebroadband capacity costVSAvoidcontent management system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments content requests into a structured wanted list queue with priority levels. By dividing content delivery into prioritized segments rather than handling all requests equally, the system manages complexity through organization while maximizing satellite capacity utilization for high-priority content

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The wanted list queue acts as an intermediary between user content requests and the actual satellite/broadband delivery mechanism. This intermediate structure simplifies the overall system by providing a buffer layer that manages prioritization and scheduling, reducing the complexity burden on both user interface and delivery infrastructure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If the system prioritizes and manages content delivery through a wanted list queue, then satellite capacity is maximized, but the time required for content processing and delivery increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesatellite capacity utilizationVSAvoidcontent processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic action by continuously maintaining and updating the wanted list queue, periodically processing prioritized content requests. This periodic processing approach allows the system to maximize satellite capacity utilization through structured intervals while managing processing time expectations for content delivery

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS9137556B2Method and system of building a wanted list queue for a user in a content distribution system

Publication Date: 2015.09.15 DIRECTV LLC

AI summary

A system and method for communicating content to a user device includes a head end that communicates metadata for a plurality of content including the content titles. The system also includes the user device that generates a screen display comprising the plurality of content titles from the metadata and generates a selection corresponding to a first content title from a user interface, the user device adds metadata for the first content title to a queue and displays the queue in a priority order on the screen display. The user device is tuned to receive content corresponding to the first content title and stores the content in a storage device.