Custom Thumbnail Selection in Media Embedding Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for embedding media programs in webpages do not allow users to easily select custom thumbnails, requiring users to upload their own thumbnails or choose from limited options, which is time-consuming and technically challenging for non-technical users.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for identifying and selecting user-customized thumbnails from a subset of frames within a media program, allowing users to generate and embed instructions for visually representing the media program with a chosen frame, enabling quick and easy selection of thumbnails.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users are allowed to select custom thumbnails from media program frames, then user customization capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates a subset of candidate thumbnail frames from the media program before user selection. This preliminary action reduces the complexity of real-time processing while enabling user customization, as the candidate frames are prepared in advance and stored for quick retrieval during embedding operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The media program is segmented into a subset of candidate frames that can serve as thumbnails. This segmentation approach divides the complex task of thumbnail generation into manageable discrete frames, allowing users to select from pre-defined options without overwhelming system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides multiple thumbnail selection options, then user choice is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of presenting all possible frames from the media program, the system provides a partial subset of candidate thumbnail frames. This partial action approach gives users sufficient choice for customization while maintaining ease of operation by limiting the number of options to a manageable subset that covers key moments in the media program.
3Loss of information
If custom thumbnails are generated from media program frames, then thumbnail representativeness is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Candidate thumbnail frames are extracted and prepared in advance before the embedding operation. This preliminary action ensures that when users need custom thumbnails, the representativeness is already optimized while the actual retrieval and embedding process remains fast, eliminating the time penalty of real-time frame analysis.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for embedding a media program with a randomly user selected thumbnail is disclosed. The user can scan a media program to identify one of a plurality of media program frames, select the frame of interest, then designate it as the thumbnail to use in connection with the embedded media program.