In-Video Library for Seamless Segment Insertion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video streaming platforms lack the ability to seamlessly integrate user-selected video segments into a continuous playback experience, failing to provide an easy way for users to manipulate and gather videos for later viewing while watching an uninterrupted stream.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that dynamically updates and arranges an in-video library in real-time during playback, allowing users to select and insert video segments based on content, demographics, and geographical information, with intelligent buffering for seamless transitions and smooth playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users select and insert video segments from a library during playback, then user interaction and customization are improved, but video stream continuity and seamless playback are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-buffering video segments before they are needed for playback. When a user selects a segment from the library, it is already loaded in the buffer, allowing immediate insertion into the playback stream without causing interruptions or breaks in continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The playback buffer acts as an intermediary between the video segment library and the active playback stream. It mediates the insertion of user-selected segments by holding them in readiness and seamlessly integrating them into the continuous playback, thus maintaining stream continuity while enabling user interaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a library of video segments is maintained and updated in real-time, then content relevance and user preferences are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The video segment library updates itself automatically in real-time based on content analysis and user preferences without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the organization, categorization, and updating of segments, reducing the operational complexity despite the high adaptability and real-time updates.
3Quantity of substance
If video segments are captured and added to the library during playback, then library completeness and content availability are improved, but playback performance and processing load are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains continuous playback performance by capturing and adding video segments to the library in the background without interrupting or degrading the active playback. The useful action of library building continues simultaneously with video playback, ensuring both library completeness and sustained playback performance.
Data Source
AI summary
Method and accompanying system for providing an in-video library. A video player presents a video stream to a user. During presentation of the video stream, the video player displays at least a portion of a library of selectable prerecorded video segments, and a selection of one or more of the prerecorded video segments from the library is received from the user. The video player further displays a video segment watch-list that includes the selected prerecorded video segments. The video player then presents the segments in the video segment watch-list as part of the video stream.