Granular Media Content Rating Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media content systems assign a single content rating to an entire media content, which can lead to undesirable consequences where family-friendly content is not fully accessible due to inappropriate segments.
Innovation Solution
The system generates metadata that assigns multiple content categories to different portions of a media content, allowing for customized playback actions based on user preferences and community profiles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a single content rating is assigned to an entire media content, then the content rating system is simple to implement, but family-friendly content becomes inaccessible due to inappropriate segments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides media content into multiple segments, each with its own content category rating. Instead of assigning a single rating to the entire media content, the system creates granular ratings for different portions (scenes, clips, or time segments) of the content. This allows parents to selectively allow or block specific segments based on their children's age and preferences, thereby resolving the contradiction between simple rating implementation and content accessibility.
2Measurement precision
If multiple content categories are assigned to different portions of media content, then precise control over content playback is achieved, but the complexity of the rating system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces metadata as an intermediary layer that carries content category information for different segments of media content. This metadata structure acts as a mediator between the complex multi-segment rating system and the simple playback control interface. The metadata contains organized information about content categories, time stamps, and segment boundaries, allowing the playback device to automatically apply appropriate actions (play, skip, mute) without requiring complex user configuration, thus resolving the contradiction between precision control and system complexity.
3Ease of operation
If automated actions are performed based on metadata and user information, then user convenience is improved, but the system requires more processing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-processing media content into segments with assigned content categories and generating associated metadata before playback. User profiles with preferred content categories are also established in advance. During actual playback, the system simply needs to match the pre-prepared metadata against the user profile and execute predetermined actions (play, skip, mute) based on mismatches. This approach resolves the contradiction by moving processing complexity to the pre-playback stage, making real-time operation simple and convenient for users.
Data Source
AI summary
User information can be determined based on a user input received from a user, a user profile about the user, and a profile of a user community including the user. Metadata associated with a media content can indicate a first portion of the media content to be of a first content category, and a second portion of the media content to be of a second content category different from the first content category. The media content can include an audio stream and a video stream, and the first content category or the second content category can be determined based on the audio stream or the video stream of the media content. Based on the metadata and the user information, a first action can be performed for playing the first portion of the media content and a second action can be performed for playing the second portion of the media content.