Event Media Segmentation Service for Targeted Content Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals often miss the beginning, middle, or end of events such as movies, concerts, or sporting events due to various distractions or interruptions, leading to frustration and repeated ticket purchases as they try to catch up or preview unsatisfying experiences, which wastes time and resources.
Innovation Solution
A service that allows users to request and receive segments of media items associated with events, verified through evidence of pass acquisition, enabling them to access specific parts of the media, such as missed portions or previews, based on policies and payment options, using a network environment with computing devices and user interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users purchase tickets to events multiple times to catch missed portions, then they can view the content they missed, but they waste time and resources on repeat purchases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complete event media into multiple segments corresponding to different time portions of the event. Users can purchase and view specific segments they missed rather than buying complete event tickets multiple times, thereby reducing time and resource waste while maintaining the ability to view desired content.
2Reliability
If users purchase complete event tickets to ensure they don't miss anything, then they have access to all event content, but they cannot efficiently access only the specific portions they need
Solution Approach 1:
The event media is divided into multiple segments representing different time portions. Users can selectively purchase and access only the specific segments they need rather than obtaining complete event tickets, making it easier to access desired content without unnecessary material.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts specific time portions from the complete event media to create separate purchasable segments. This allows users to obtain only the specific portions they need rather than accessing entire events, improving operational ease while maintaining content access.
3Loss of information
If moviegoers view multiple movies based on trailers to select a movie to see, then they can preview options, but they waste time attending unsatisfying movies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to perform preliminary viewing of event segments before committing to attending the complete event. Users can preview specific portions of events to determine interest and make informed decisions, preventing time waste on unsatisfying events while gaining better information about content.
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AI summary
Techniques for providing segments of media items associated with events to users are described herein. Computing device(s) may receive from a user a request for a segment of a media item associated with an event. The computing device(s) may also receive data presented as evidence of acquisition of a pass for the event, verify that the data is associated with a valid pass that has been purchased for the event, and, based on the verifying, provide the segment of the media item to the user. Additionally or instead, the request may include a time length for the segment and/or a beginning position of the segment, and the computing device(s) may determine, based on a policy and one the time length and/or beginning position, a part of the requested segment of the media item to provide. The computing device(s) may then provide the determined part of the segment to the user.