Dynamic Multimedia Playback Settings Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face the challenge of manually adjusting playback settings for multimedia content with varying media characteristics, leading to an inconsistent user experience due to differences in media items from different sources.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for dynamically modifying multimedia playback settings by evaluating media items, comparing their characteristics to user preferences and past configurations, and adjusting settings to ensure consistent playback, using a characteristics generator and estimation engine to automatically modify settings for improved user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually adjust playback settings for each media item, then playback settings can be customized for each item, but user experience consistency deteriorates due to repeated manual adjustments

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayback settings customizationVSAvoiduser operation convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes media item characteristics and adjusts playback settings without user intervention. The processor evaluates each media item's properties and autonomously configures optimal playback parameters, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust settings while maintaining customized playback for each item type

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses user feedback from manual adjustments to learn and adapt playback settings. When users manually adjust settings, the system records this feedback and uses it to automatically configure similar settings for future media items with comparable characteristics, improving consistency while preserving user preferences

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If playback settings are standardized across all media items, then user experience consistency improves, but adaptability to specific media characteristics deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experience consistencyVSAvoidmedia-specific optimization

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different playback settings to different segments or characteristics of media items based on their specific properties. Instead of uniform settings across all content, the processor analyzes individual media characteristics and applies localized optimization to specific aspects of each media item while maintaining overall consistency through standardized evaluation criteria

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If the system automatically modifies playback settings based on media characteristics, then ease of operation improves by eliminating manual adjustments, but device complexity increases due to characteristics evaluation and modification mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanual adjustment eliminationVSAvoidsystem structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The processor performs multiple functions using a single integrated mechanism: it evaluates media characteristics, compares them against a database of known characteristics and user preferences, determines optimal playback settings, and applies modifications all through one unified system. This multi-functional approach avoids the need for separate dedicated components for each function, managing complexity while achieving automatic adaptation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11611605B2Dynamically modifying an execution environment for varying data

Publication Date: 2023.03.21 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of dynamically modifying execution environment for varying data or executables. The data or executables may be a multimedia file and the execution environment may be multimedia playback settings. In aspects, content comprising various media items may be received by a client device. The media items may be evaluated to determine a set of characteristics for the media items. The set of characteristics may be compared to a user's preferred configuration settings or previously-played media items. Based on the comparison, the set of characteristics may be altered to be consistent with the preferred configuration settings (e.g., a modified set of characteristics may be estimated). The modified media items may then be played under known playback settings. In aspects, the media item under consideration may be played as is using an estimated playback configuration to enable a user-preferable playback experience.