Multi-Consumer Media Bookmarking via Trigger Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media consumption technologies do not allow for multiple bookmarks in media content, leading to interruptions when one person leaves a group watching or listening, as they must rewind or fast forward to catch up, and existing bookmark systems are limited in functionality, often deleting or overwriting previous bookmarks.
Innovation Solution
A method using a processor to identify consumers of media content and detect trigger events, creating bookmarks at specific locations in the media content, allowing multiple consumers to resume playback from their respective points without interrupting others, with the option to store and retrieve bookmarks across devices and user accounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single bookmark is used to mark the pause position in media content, then the bookmark can be easily implemented and stored, but it cannot support multiple consumers simultaneously and may be overwritten or deleted when media resumes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single bookmark into multiple independent bookmarks, each associated with a specific consumer. This segmentation allows multiple consumers to have their own bookmark positions simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between supporting multiple consumers and maintaining simple bookmark management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to bookmark management by associating bookmarks with consumer identifiers rather than just media content positions. This dimensional change from single-position bookmarks to multi-dimensional consumer-linked bookmarks enables simultaneous support for multiple consumers while maintaining manageable complexity through structured data organization.
2Productivity
If the media content pauses when a consumer leaves, then all consumers can be notified of the pause position, but the media consumption experience is interrupted and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically creating and storing bookmarks when consumers pause or leave the media content. This preliminary bookmark creation ensures that when consumers return, the bookmark information is already available and persistent, eliminating the need for media pausing and maintaining both continuity and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuity of useful action by allowing media content to play continuously while independently managing persistent bookmarks for each consumer. The useful action of media consumption continues uninterrupted, while the bookmark system in the background reliably tracks and stores pause positions for when consumers return.
3Loss of time
If consumers must rewind or fast forward to catch up after leaving, then the media can continue playing without interruption, but time is wasted and the experience is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by storing bookmark information about where consumers paused and providing this information back to consumers when they return. This feedback mechanism eliminates the need for manual rewinding or fast-forwarding, significantly reducing time loss and improving ease of operation by automatically guiding consumers back to their exact pause positions.
4Loss of information
If bookmarks are deleted when media content resumes, then memory is freed and the system is simplified, but the bookmark information is lost and must be re-placed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a bookmark storage system that serves multiple functions: it stores bookmark positions, associates them with specific consumers, and maintains them persistently across media resumption. This multi-functional approach retains bookmark information without requiring complex separate systems, balancing information retention with manageable complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a processor, a consumer of media content; detecting, using data derived from a device selected from the group consisting of an image capture device and an audio capture device, a trigger event associated with the consumer; and creating, using a processor, a bookmark at a location in the media content associated with the detection of the trigger event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.