Media Gateway Clip Extraction for Precise URL Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in sharing specific video clips from multimedia programs due to the need for video capture and editing, which can be cumbersome and require specialized software. Additionally, finding exact video clips online is difficult, especially for newly aired content.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allow users to identify and extract specific video clips from multimedia programs using a media gateway device, which translates the clip's start and stop points into a URL for easy sharing and retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users capture and edit video clips using specialized software, then the ability to share specific video clips is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a media gateway device as an intermediary between the user and the video content. This gateway automatically captures, processes, and prepares video clips for sharing without requiring the user to directly operate complex editing software. The gateway acts as a mediator that handles the technical complexity while providing a simple user interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to simply select and share video clips through a simplified interface, while the media gateway automatically handles the complex tasks of video capture, processing, and formatting. This eliminates the need for users to manually operate sophisticated video editing tools.
2Ease of operation
If users search for video clips online, then the ease of operation is improved, but the measurement precision and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The media gateway performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing and processing video clips in real-time as they are being viewed or recorded. This allows the exact clip the user wants to share to be immediately available and precisely identified, rather than searching for previously uploaded versions that may not match the desired specifications.
3Productivity
If the system automatically creates and manages video clips, then the productivity is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into the media gateway device, including video capture, processing, clip creation, and sharing management. By combining these functions into a single integrated system, the complexity is centralized and managed automatically, while users benefit from simplified operations and improved productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate to the delivery of media content over a network. Specifically, aspects are directed to identification and/or extraction of a selected data such as a video clip from content and providing identifying information to a user to retrieve, view, and/or share the selected video clip. Aspects described herein provide the ability to identify a starting point and stopping point of a video clip on a media gateway device and generate a URL that can be used and/or shared in order to access the selected video clip. The URL may identify a stored media clip, or may contain information from which a video clip can be recreated.