Fingerprint-Based Content Segment Sequencing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for representing and managing digital content, such as video files, are inefficient due to their contiguous nature, leading to increased editing time and cost, storage requirements, and difficulties in accessing or synchronizing content across devices, especially when editing or playing back video streams.
Innovation Solution
Segmenting digital content at a determined frame resolution rate to create unique identifiers based on fingerprints, allowing for dynamic composition and playback of content segments, enabling efficient editing, storage, and synchronization of content across devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If digital content is stored as a contiguous video file, then storage is simple and straightforward, but editing requires retranscoding the entire file which increases time and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the contiguous video file into discrete content segments at a determined frame resolution rate. Each segment is analyzed to create a fingerprint and assigned a unique identifier. This segmentation allows editors to work with individual segments rather than the entire file, eliminating the need to retranscode the whole video for each edit, thus significantly reducing editing time and cost.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital content is stored as a contiguous video file, then storage is simple, but storage requirements increase when creating alternate versions for different audiences
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the video into discrete content segments with unique identifiers and fingerprints, the system enables selective assembly of segments for different audiences without creating complete alternate versions. Editors can combine specific segments to create customized content, reducing storage requirements compared to maintaining multiple full video files.
Solution Approach 2:
The content segments with their fingerprints and identifiers serve multiple functions: they can be individually edited, selectively assembled for different audiences, and recombined in various configurations. This multi-functionality allows a single segmented library to replace multiple alternate video versions, reducing overall storage requirements while maintaining adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If digital content is stored as a contiguous video file, then the file structure is simple, but restricting access to portions of the file is difficult or impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video into discrete content segments, each with a unique identifier and fingerprint. This segmentation enables fine-grained access control where specific segments can be restricted, authorized, or made available to different users without complicating the overall file structure. The system maintains simplicity through standardized segment identification and management protocols.
4Ease of operation
If playback devices render content in an essentially linear process, then the rendering process is simple, but contextual information is lost and synchronization with coordinated content becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing content into segments with unique identifiers and fingerprints, the system enables non-linear access and rendering while maintaining contextual information. Each segment carries its own identification metadata that preserves context about its position and relationship to other segments, allowing sophisticated playback control without sacrificing simplicity in the rendering process.
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AI summary
Digital content, such as video, audio, multimedia, and similar files may be segmented at a determined frame resolution rate and analyzed to determine a fingerprint for each content segment. An identifier that uniquely identifies each content segment may be determined based on the fingerprint of the respective content segment. The identifier may be associated with data relating to the content segment and with one or more identifiers that uniquely identify other content segments of the content. The content segment identifiers may be used to construct a content segment sequencing representation that represents the playback of the content segments in playback order.