Media Navigation via Contextual Metadata Streams
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media consumption methods, such as video playback and random scrubbing, are inefficient and lack effective navigation tools, making it difficult for users to quickly find specific information within vast media content, leading to a degraded user experience.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for media navigation that provides users with contextual, spatial, and temporal navigation options, allowing users to interactively browse and consume media by generating and delivering navigable media streams with metadata, enabling users to identify and play specific portions of interest based on user preferences and consumption patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users sort through actual footage of media to find relevant portions, then users can identify specific content of interest, but users experience frustration and inefficiency due to the difficulty in identifying relevant portions and determining necessity to watch
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of media content to generate summaries, snippets, and keywords before the user views the actual media. This advance preparation allows users to quickly identify relevant portions without manually sorting through entire media streams, resolving the contradiction by making navigation easier while preserving information about content relevance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the actual media content - specifically, summary content including snippets, keywords, and descriptive text. This intermediary provides users with enough information to make informed decisions about which media portions to watch, eliminating the frustration of manually searching through footage while maintaining access to relevant information.
2Loss of information
If users watch entire media streams to get summaries, then users can understand content, but users consume excessive bandwidth and time
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts essential information from the complete media stream and delivers only that extracted content - summaries, snippets, and keywords - to the user. This extraction process separates the essential informational content from the full media stream, allowing users to obtain content understanding without consuming the bandwidth required to deliver entire media files.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by delivering only the necessary portion of media content - specifically curated summaries and snippets - rather than the complete media stream. This partial delivery provides sufficient information for users to make viewing decisions while significantly reducing bandwidth consumption compared to delivering full media files.
3Ease of operation
If media players provide only basic playback controls, then device complexity remains low, but users lack effective navigation tools to quickly find specific information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the media player system multi-functional by integrating not only basic playback controls but also content analysis, summary generation, keyword extraction, and intelligent navigation capabilities. This universal approach allows a single system to handle both simple playback and complex content navigation tasks, improving ease of operation while managing device complexity through integrated design.
Data Source
AI summary
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for streaming a media includes a server side receiver for receiving a request to stream a media from a media player. The apparatus further includes a content generator, a server side transmitter, and a media stream generator. The content generator is configured to generate content information providing a plurality of presentation options to consume the media. The server side transmitter is configured to send the content information. The server side receiver is further configured to receive a selected presentation option from amongst the plurality of presentation options. The media stream generator is configured to generate a media stream comprising the media based on the selected presentation option.