Browser Media Language Auto-Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for selecting media files based on user language preferences require website developers to modify server-side code and client-side script code, increasing their workload when language versions change, update, or are added.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow a browser to automatically select a media file by extracting language configuration information, creating a language list, and matching it with media resource attributes, reducing the need for manual selection and developer intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If website developers use server-side code to select media files based on user language preferences, then the media selection function is achieved, but the developer workload increases when language versions change
Solution Approach 1:
The browser automatically extracts language configuration information from the user's operating system and performs media file selection without requiring website developers to write or modify selection logic. The system serves itself by leveraging existing browser capabilities to accomplish the selection task.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution leverages the browser's existing language configuration capabilities (originally designed for web content localization) to also handle media file selection. This multi-functional use of the browser's language detection mechanism eliminates the need for separate selection code.
2Ease of operation
If website developers list all media file versions on the web page and use client-side script code for selection, then the media selection function is achieved, but the developer workload increases when language versions change
Solution Approach 1:
The browser automatically performs media file selection by extracting language preferences and matching them with available media files, eliminating the need for website developers to write or maintain client-side selection scripts.
Solution Approach 2:
The selection logic is extracted from the website developer's code and transferred to the browser's native language configuration system. This extraction removes the burden of maintaining selection logic from developers while preserving the selection functionality.
3Productivity
If the browser automatically extracts and matches language information with media resources, then the developer workload is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The browser's existing language configuration system, originally designed for web content localization, is extended to also handle media file selection. This universal approach reuses established browser capabilities rather than introducing new complex systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The browser acts as an intermediary between the user's language preferences and the media files. It extracts language information from the operating system, matches it with media resource attributes, and automatically selects the appropriate file, simplifying the overall system architecture.
4Measurement precision
If manual language selection is required, then precise language matching is achieved, but user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The browser automatically performs language matching by extracting the user's language preferences from the operating system's language configuration and matching them with media file language attributes, eliminating the need for manual user selection while maintaining accurate language matching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs language preference extraction and media file matching automatically in the background before the user needs to watch the media. This preliminary automatic selection spares users from manual intervention while ensuring accurate language matching based on their preferences.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and an apparatus for acquiring a network resource where the method includes extracting language configuration information of a browser, and placing the language configuration information into a language list, sending a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request to a web server, locating a position of a media element, matching a value of a language attribute of a specified resource element in the media element with the language information in the language list, selecting a media resource address, and finally according to the media resource address, requesting a media resource from the web server and loading the media resource. Hence, the browser can automatically select a media file of a specified language version according to a language preference of a user, thereby reducing a workload of a website developer. Additionally, the user does not need to perform manual selection, thereby enhancing user experience.