Gesture-Based Video Feed Customization for Smart TV Conferencing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current interactive and supplemental content delivery systems for viewers are decoupled from primary communication channels, lacking easy-to-deploy video conferencing capabilities, especially in smart TV connected devices, which misses the core use case of facilitating large-screen communications.
Innovation Solution
A networked communication session is established with parameter information from devices, enabling access to a composited interactive audio/video feed that can be customized and transmitted across devices, including TVs via Internet media extenders, using gesture-based interfaces and video applications to facilitate interactive video conferencing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate communication channels are used for supplemental content delivery, then content can be provided to viewers, but the communication channels become decoupled from primary broadcasting channels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines separate communication channels (broadcast channel and supplemental content channel) into a unified networked communication session. The server mediates between content providers and viewers, merging previously decoupled channels into an integrated system where both primary content and supplemental information flow through connected network pathways.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication system is designed to handle multiple functions through a single unified channel structure. The same network infrastructure supports both traditional broadcasting and supplemental content delivery, video conferencing, and interactive communication, eliminating the need for separate dedicated channels for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If video conferencing is added to smart TV connected devices, then large-screen communications are enabled, but device complexity and deployment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that handles the complex video conferencing logic, session management, and participant coordination. Individual smart TV devices don't need to implement complex conferencing protocols themselves; instead, they connect to the server which manages the multi-party communication, simplifying device implementation while enabling full video conferencing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates virtual representations of participants through video feeds and audio streams that are distributed by the server. Each participant receives copied versions of other participants' media streams, enabling conferencing functionality without requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between devices, thus simplifying deployment.
3Ease of operation
If customizable audio/video feed representations are provided to different devices, then user experience is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server provides different customized representations of the composited audio/video feed to different devices based on their specific capabilities and user preferences. Each device receives a tailored version optimized for its display characteristics, interaction mode, and user needs, rather than a uniform feed to all participants.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the composited feed representation for each device based on real-time conditions such as which participant is speaking, device orientation, screen size, and user interactions. The feed composition is not static but adapts continuously to provide optimal viewing experience for each participant's context.
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AI summary
A networked communication session is defined vis-à-vis parameter information received from a first device, and access to the networked communication session is provided to the first device. Access to the networked communication session is further provided to each of additional device(s) in accordance with information associated with each of the additional device(s). A composited interactive audio/video feed is generated and transmitted that comprises audio/video input received during the networked communication session from each of the devices. Each of the devices is configured via a gesture-based user interface to enable user-based selection and respective manipulation of at least a portion of the composited audio/video feed that results in a customized representation of the composited audio-video feed at a particular one device that is not represented at a particular other of the device(s).