Intelligent Media Playback System for Automated Content Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies and a less-than-desirable experience when manually fast-forwarding through media content to reach desired portions, as this process is time-consuming and often results in awkward navigation.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to specify playback criteria, such as desired content segments and playback formats (e.g., fast-forward, slow motion), which are matched to metadata describing the media content, enabling the creation of a tailored media content presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually fast forward through media content to reach desired portions, then users can access specific content segments, but the process becomes time-consuming and provides a less-than-desirable experience
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of media content to generate scene metadata and segment information before playback. This pre-processing enables the playback system to quickly identify and navigate to desired content segments without requiring manual fast-forwarding, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of accessing content and time consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary playback system that acts as a mediator between the user and the media content. This system uses scene metadata and segment information as intermediary data structures to enable intelligent navigation, allowing users to access desired portions efficiently without directly manipulating the playback timeline
2Ease of operation
If users manually navigate through media content by fast forwarding and rewinding, then users can find desired portions, but the navigation becomes awkward and interrupts the viewing experience
Solution Approach 1:
The playback system performs self-service by automatically analyzing media content to generate scene metadata and segment information. This self-analyzing capability enables the system to understand content structure and provide intelligent navigation suggestions, eliminating the need for awkward manual navigation and interruptions to the viewing experience
3Productivity
If the system creates tailored media content presentations based on user criteria, then users can efficiently access desired parts without manual fast-forwarding, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments media content into discrete scenes and segments with associated metadata. This segmentation strategy breaks down complex media analysis into manageable units, enabling efficient content access through structured navigation while controlling system complexity through modular organization of content and data
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology is directed towards creating a media content presentation for playback, based on user specified input criteria and playback instructions. A user specifies input criteria related to media source data. The media source data is accessed, and further based on the input criterion, matching segments (e.g., scenes and audio) are determined from metadata information that describes the segments; the media playback content is generated from the matching segments. A user may also specify criteria/instructions that describe how to play the matching segments, such as in linear order, or based on relative relevance such as scene impactfulness. A matching scene can be repeated, and/or augmented with annotation data. For any matching scene or transition between two matching scenes, specified playback speed and audio volume can be specified and applied. As part of generation, the media content presentation can be fit to a specified time constraint.