Dual Scrubber Interface for Precise Audio-Visual Content Association

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional social networking systems lack effective methods for users to easily navigate and associate musical content with visual content, limiting the ability to enhance visual posts with audio elements.

Innovation Solution

A user interface is provided with a main playback scrubber and a precision playback scrubber, allowing users to select and associate specific portions of musical content with visual content, which can be shared through the social networking system, enabling precise audio selection and playback with visual content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a main playback scrubber is used for navigating musical content, then the interface is simple and easy to operate, but the precision of selecting specific audio portions is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of navigationVSAvoidprecision of audio selection
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The playback scrubber is divided into two distinct components: a main playback scrubber for coarse navigation and a precision playback scrubber for fine-tuned selection. This segmentation allows users to first locate desired sections using the main scrubber, then switch to the precision scrubber for accurate audio portion selection, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If conventional social networking systems are used for sharing content, then the system is simple to operate, but the ability to associate musical content with visual content is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of sharingVSAvoidcapability to associate audio with visual content
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The interface is designed to work within existing social networking systems while adding multi-functional capabilities. Users can select visual content, associate it with specific portions of musical content using the dual scrubber system, and share the combined content through the social networking system. This maintains ease of operation within the familiar social networking environment while significantly enhancing adaptability and versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11126344B2Systems and methods for sharing content
Publication Date: 2021.09.21 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an interface for associating selected musical content with visual content to be shared through a social networking system. A main playback scrubber for navigating to different parts of the selected musical content can be provided in the interface. A precision playback scrubber for identifying a portion of the selected musical content to be associated with the visual content being shared can be provided in the interface with more precision than the main playback scrubber.