Media Content Language Synchronization via Pre-extracted Tracks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media content delivery systems, such as broadcast and cable networks, often limit media content to one or two languages, preventing non-native speakers from watching new content in their native language due to the delayed availability of subtitles or audio dubbing, which hampers the distribution of media across different countries.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a media device connected to a communications network that receives media content from a media content server and language management server, allowing users to select and display media content in their preferred language by synchronizing dubbing tracks or subtitles, enabling immediate access to media content in various languages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If broadcast and cable networks wait to provide subtitles or audio dubbing for media content, then language localization quality improves, but the time delay prevents non-native speakers from accessing new content in their native language
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by extracting and storing language information (audio tracks, subtitles, metadata) from media content at the source, making this language data available in advance before the media content is distributed to user devices. This allows user devices to immediately process and present content in the user's selected language without waiting for post-distribution localization processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary components including a language information extractor that separates language data from media content, a language information database that stores this extracted data, and user devices that act as intermediaries between the media content server and the final presentation. This intermediary architecture enables real-time language switching without requiring the original broadcast to be reprocessed.
2Device complexity
If user devices are limited to one or two languages for media content playback, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different languages is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The user device is designed with multi-functionality to handle multiple languages through a language information processor that can process various language formats (audio tracks, subtitles, metadata). The device universally supports any language by retrieving language information from the database and applying it to the media content, making the device adaptable to any language without adding significant complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing user devices to automatically retrieve and apply language information from the language information database based on user preferences. The device autonomously processes language switching without requiring manual configuration or complex processing, as the language information is pre-prepared and readily available.
3Adaptability or versatility
If broadcast and cable networks process media content with multiple language options, then language accessibility improves, but processing time and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the language processing function from the media content distribution function. A dedicated language information extractor separates language data (audio tracks, subtitles, metadata) from the main media content stream. This segmentation allows language processing to occur independently and efficiently, with extracted language information stored in a dedicated database for rapid retrieval, avoiding the need to reprocess entire media files for each language option.
Solution Approach 2:
Language information is extracted and prepared in advance during a preliminary processing stage, storing audio tracks, subtitles, and metadata in the language information database before media content distribution. This preliminary action eliminates the need for real-time language processing during content delivery, significantly improving processing efficiency while maintaining multi-language accessibility.
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AI summary
There is provided a method that includes displaying, on a display, a viewing pane of available video contents including a first video content, receiving a selection of the first video content from the available video contents, transmitting a language selection and the selection of the first video content to a server, receiving a language content corresponding to the language selection and the selection of the first video content from the server, and displaying, on the display, the first video content in synchronization with playing the language content.