Media Skip Navigation Using Dynamic Jump Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face frustration when navigating media content due to cumbersome and imprecise skip features in media devices, which lack adequate granularity, forcing them to perform multiple button clicks or seekbar slides to reach desired play positions, especially in longer content durations.
Innovation Solution
The system identifies potential jump points based on user profiles and scene information, displaying these points on a progress bar with preview images or clips, allowing users to easily navigate to desired play positions without requiring multiple skip operations, and pauses at identified jump points for selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional fixed-time skip buttons are used, then the device structure remains simple, but the navigation precision and user efficiency deteriorate due to inadequate granularity and constant skip time regardless of content duration
Solution Approach 1:
The skip time is made dynamic rather than fixed. The system automatically adjusts the skip time granularity based on the total media content duration and the current play position, allowing the skip functionality to adapt to different content lengths and user needs without requiring manual configuration or complex interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of skip time from a constant value to a variable that depends on content duration and play position. By calculating optimal skip intervals based on these parameters, the system achieves precise navigation while maintaining simple implementation through automated computations
2Measurement precision
If users repeatedly depress skip buttons to reach desired positions, then navigation accuracy can be improved, but the operation time and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculations to determine optimal jump points before the user needs to navigate. By pre-computing the sequence of skip positions based on content duration and play position, the system prepares the navigation path in advance, allowing users to reach desired locations quickly without repeated manual adjustments
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the current play position and calculated jump points on the progress bar. This feedback mechanism guides users to the optimal skip position, reducing the time and effort needed to reach desired content locations through intuitive visual cues
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed granularity skip time is used, then the control mechanism remains simple, but the adaptability to different content durations and play positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The skip functionality is designed to be universal across different media content durations and types. By implementing automatic calculation of optimal skip intervals based on content duration and play position, the system provides adaptive navigation for various content lengths without requiring different control mechanisms or user configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the skip time parameter dynamically based on content duration and play position. This parameter adaptation allows the same simple control mechanism to effectively handle diverse content lengths and user needs, achieving versatility without increasing control complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.