Content Editing Device for Streamlined Game Network Playback

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Solution Overview

Problem

In game network services, users face inefficiencies and time wastage when selecting and reproducing multiple sets of content data from numerous friends, as existing systems lack an efficient method for managing and viewing large volumes of content data.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device acquires and edits multiple sets of content data by generating a stream of continuous data through temporal concatenation, including opening image generation, clipping, and concatenation of content image data, allowing for efficient reproduction of edited content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users select and reproduce content one by one from multiple friends, then each piece of content can be viewed individually, but the process becomes troublesome and time wasteful when a large number of friends exist

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent selection and reproduction processVSAvoidtime required to view multiple contents
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate content data sets from different friends into a single integrated stream. The editing processing section temporally concatenates multiple content data sets, allowing users to view all friend contents in one continuous playback rather than selecting each individually, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary editing and concatenation of content data sets before user viewing. The editing processing section prepares the integrated stream in advance by combining multiple content data sets with opening images and clipping processing, so that when users access the content, it is already organized and ready for immediate playback without requiring manual selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple sets of content data are delivered to users, then users can access content from many friends, but the delivery and selection process becomes troublesome when a large number of friends exist

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent access capabilityVSAvoidcontent management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The editing processing section acts as an intermediary between the multiple content data sets from friends and the user interface. It automatically performs concatenation, opening image generation, and clipping processing to create a unified stream, thereby maintaining high adaptability for accessing content from many friends while reducing the complexity of content management for users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If individual content data sets are processed separately, then each content maintains its original format, but the overall viewing experience requires multiple selection and reproduction operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent integrityVSAvoidcontent viewing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the content processing into distinct functional sections: opening image generation section, clipping processing section, and concatenating section. Each section handles specific tasks while maintaining the integrity of individual content data sets, yet combines them efficiently into a unified stream that improves viewing productivity without compromising content reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11727959B2Information processing device and content editing method
Publication Date: 2023.08.15 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

An acquisition section 104 acquires a plurality of sets of content data and stores the plurality of sets of content data in a content storage section 132. An editing processing section 110 generates a stream of continuous data obtained by temporally concatenating a plurality of sets of content data. An opening image generation section 114 generates, for each content, a set of opening image data. A clipping processing section 116 clips at least a portion of a set of content image data. A concatenating section 118 generates an edited set of image data obtained by temporally concatenating the set of opening image data and a clipped set of content image data.