Alternate Tag Communication for Media Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tag clouds for media events are limited in presenting tags to participants using communications devices without display capabilities, such as telephones, and do not allow these users to contribute to updating the tag summaries.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating alternate tag communications in media formats accessible by various devices, enabling participants to receive and provide tag information, even if their devices are incompatible with the default media format, and using these alternate communications as a secondary means of interaction during media events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional tag clouds use default media format (visual display), then visual information is effectively communicated to users with display devices, but users with non-display devices (e.g., telephones) cannot access or contribute to tag information
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the media format parameter of tag communications based on device capabilities. Visual tag clouds are transformed into audio-based tag communications for non-display devices, allowing the same information to be accessed through different sensory modalities appropriate to each device type
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary conversion process that translates visual tag information into audio format. This intermediary mechanism enables information transfer between devices with different display capabilities, bridging the gap between visual and non-visual interfaces
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides multiple media format communications to support various devices, then device compatibility improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal communication framework where a single tag communication system serves multiple device types. The same underlying tag data is made accessible through both visual and audio channels, allowing one system to fulfill multiple device compatibility requirements without requiring separate independent systems
3Loss of information
If audio-based tag communication is used for non-display devices, then information accessibility improves for these devices, but information transmission efficiency may be reduced compared to visual display
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides audio tag communications that may convey more or different information than minimal requirements, allowing users to request specific tag categories or time periods. This partial action approach lets users obtain only the information they need through audio, compensating for the slower transmission rate with selective information delivery
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for exchanging and processing tag information between users with different types of communications devices. In operation, tag information is received processed to provide an alternative tag communication to selected participants in the media event. That is, at least a portion of the tags of a media event are used to create an alternate tag communication that can be delivered to participants, together with or separate from the conventional or default tag communication associated with the media event. The alternate tag communications can be used to allow participation of users associated with communications devices incompatible with the media format of default tag communication. Further, the alternate tag information can also be used as a secondary means of communications during a media event.