Content Position Identifier for Cross-Device Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in sharing specific positions within content across different devices and formats, such as electronic books and audio books, without predefined tags or markers, limiting the ability to directly link or synchronize content across various representations.
Innovation Solution
A content management system generates a uniform resource identifier (URI) that includes information identifying a specific position within content, allowing users to create a direct link to that position, which can be shared and used to present the content at the corresponding location on different devices, even if they have different formats, using synchronization information to ensure synchronized playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a user sends a general reference to content without specific position information, then the recipient can access the content, but the recipient cannot directly access the specific position or section of interest
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an identifier as an intermediary element that encodes position information within content. This identifier acts as a mediator between the sender's specific position selection and the recipient's content navigation, allowing precise position identification without requiring complex sharing operations. The identifier contains encoded information about the specific position, enabling direct access when presented to a computing device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to content referencing by incorporating position identifiers that include spatial or positional information within the content structure. This transforms a simple content reference into a multi-dimensional reference that includes both content identification and position specification, enabling precise navigation to specific sections without increasing operational complexity for the user.
2Adaptability or versatility
If different devices have different representations of the same content, then each device can optimize content presentation for its capabilities, but synchronization of specific positions across devices becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal identifier system that functions across multiple device formats and content representations. The identifier is designed to be format-agnostic, working with electronic books, audio books, and other content types. This universal approach allows the same identifier to reliably point to corresponding positions across different device representations, maintaining synchronization reliability while supporting device adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by transforming position information into a standardized identifier format that can be interpreted across different device representations. The identifier encodes position parameters in a way that allows corresponding positions to be identified regardless of the specific device format or content representation, enabling reliable synchronization through parameter transformation rather than direct position mapping.
3Device complexity
If no predefined tags or markers exist in the content, then the content can be stored in a simpler format, but there is no way to identify or link to specific positions within the content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by generating and attaching identifiers to content positions during or before the content creation or storage process. This preliminary identification of positions allows the content to maintain its simple storage format without requiring complex predefined tags or markers. The identifiers are prepared in advance and can be readily applied to link to specific positions when needed, preserving both simplicity and position information availability.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for generating an identifier that identifies a specific position within content. For example, at least a portion of content may be presented in a manner such that any position within the presented content can be selected, such as a specific word or line of text content. A selection may be received indicating a position within the content, where the selection corresponds to a request to generate an identifier that identifies the selected position. In response, an identifier may be generated that includes information identifying the content and the position within the content, such that selection of the identifier causes presentation of a representation of the content at the given position.