Media Content Exchange Server Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for sharing media content between users, especially video content, lead to increased bandwidth usage and complexity, as modified content needs to be sent or uploaded multiple times, and lack efficient tracking and annotation capabilities, particularly for non-expert users.
Innovation Solution
A method and system where a server application manages media content exchanges by registering topics and contributions, allowing users to make and associate media content contributions with specific portions of the topic, enabling efficient reproduction and tracking without the need for multiple uploads, using a client-server architecture for seamless media content sharing across networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If modified media content is sent via email or uploaded to cloud server for sharing between users, then media content can be shared and modified, but network bandwidth consumption increases drastically
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media content into original content and separate contribution/annotation parts. Instead of transmitting complete modified versions, only the contribution data is transmitted, reducing bandwidth consumption while maintaining sharing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server application as an intermediary that manages media content exchanges. The server stores original media content and tracks contributions, allowing clients to reproduce combined content locally without repeatedly uploading complete modified versions, thus reducing network bandwidth usage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If recipient users modify media content and send response emails with modified content, then collaboration is enabled, but the complexity of combining video content increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables recipient users to perform modifications and combinations locally on their own devices using client applications. Each user's client application can reproduce the combined media content by combining original content with contributions, eliminating the need for complex centralized software.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the media content into distinct segments (original content and contributions) with associated metadata. This segmentation allows simple local combination operations without requiring complex processing, as each segment can be independently handled and combined using straightforward reproduction data.
3Ease of manufacture
If amended image-based media content is sent in single layer pixel format, then data transmission is simplified, but tracking individual user contributions becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media content into distinct original content and contribution parts, each with unique identifiers and metadata. This segmentation allows simple transmission of contribution data while enabling precise tracking of individual user contributions through association data that links contributions to specific portions of the media content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the server application tracks and records contribution association data. This feedback loop allows the system to monitor and identify which contributions were made by which users, enabling contribution tracking without complicating the transmission process.
4Ease of manufacture
If dedicated software applications are used for editing media contents, then modification capability is provided, but user difficulty increases for non-expert users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the client application universal by integrating both media content reproduction and contribution creation capabilities in a single interface. Non-expert users can view original content, make annotations, and share contributions without needing to switch between dedicated editing software and messaging applications, simplifying the overall user experience.
Data Source
AI summary
The sharing of media contents between users is implemented in the context of a media content exchange whose topic is media content. Users may contribute by adding contribution media contents that forms a contribution to the topic relatively to a portion of the topic media content. The server application registers for each contribution association data representing the contribution and sends messages to the users participating to the media content exchange on the basis of the registered association data. The association data represent an association between the portion of the topic media content and the contribution media contents. The contribution of a user may be reproduced on the device of another user on the basis of contribution reproduction data received from the server application.