Live Room Interactive Video PIP Display Method
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Solution Overview
Problem
The operational complexity for viewer clients to interact with anchors in live broadcasting systems is significantly higher than for anchors, making interactions less efficient and timely.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an interactive method that allows viewer clients to send and receive interactive videos of short duration, which can be played in picture-in-picture mode on the live interface, enabling easier and more timely interactions with anchors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If viewer clients send text comment messages to interact with anchors, then interaction functionality is achieved, but operational complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses video copying/recording functionality to capture real-time video segments from the live stream as interactive videos. Instead of requiring complex text composition and sending operations, viewers can simply record and send short video clips (3-5 seconds) that are automatically processed and displayed to the anchor, dramatically simplifying the interaction operation while maintaining system functionality.
2Productivity
If text messaging is used for viewer-anchor interaction, then communication is achieved, but interaction efficiency and timeliness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically processing recorded video segments - cropping, filtering, and preparing interactive videos for immediate display. When a viewer records a video segment during the live stream, the system pre-processes it and makes it ready for instant display to the anchor and other viewers, eliminating delays associated with text message processing and achieving real-time interaction efficiency.
3Loss of information
If interactive videos are played in picture-in-picture mode, then interaction visibility is improved, but display area for main content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by displaying interactive videos in a dedicated picture-in-picture area with specific visual characteristics (smaller size, positioned in corner or sidebar). This allows the main live video stream to occupy the majority of the display area for optimal viewing quality, while the interactive video receives appropriate visual attention in a localized region, balancing both display requirements without compromising the primary content.
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses an interactive method and apparatus in a live room. The method includes: receiving, from a live backstage, a live video stream sent by a first client; displaying a live interface on a display screen according to the live video stream; receiving, from the live backstage, an interactive video sent by a second client, the second client and the first client belong to a same live room, and the interactive video being a video whose video duration is less than a preset threshold; and playing, in picture-in-picture mode (PIP), the interactive video on a PIP area of the live interface.