Media Stream Tagging via Synchronized GUI
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces for tagging media streams are complex and inefficient, making it difficult for users to easily associate metadata with specific portions of media streams, such as video streams, during playback.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface (GUI) is developed that allows users to select and associate text or other displayable content with specific portions of a media stream by rendering the media stream and displayable content simultaneously, enabling users to input selections that identify and tag corresponding portions of the media stream using a pointing device or touch-sensitive screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional audio and video remixing systems are used for tagging media streams, then metadata can be associated with media streams, but the user interface becomes complicated and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the tagging functionality from complex remixing systems and creates a dedicated, simplified interface for metadata association. The GUI separates the media stream display from the metadata input controls, allowing users to focus on tagging without being overwhelmed by full remixing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphical user interface serves multiple functions: displaying the media stream, showing metadata fields, detecting user selections, and automatically associating metadata with temporal portions. This multi-functionality replaces the need for separate specialized tools while maintaining simplicity.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual tagging of media streams is performed using existing systems, then metadata can be associated with specific portions, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares the media stream for tagging by pre-displaying it in the GUI and pre-configuring metadata fields before the user begins tagging. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for users to manually configure technical parameters during the tagging process, improving both accuracy and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback by detecting user selections and automatically identifying the corresponding temporal portions of the media stream. This feedback mechanism ensures accurate association while speeding up the process, as users do not need to manually calculate or input time codes.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a separate metadata file is created and associated with the media file, then metadata can be stored without editing the media stream, but the association process becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface acts as an intermediary that simplifies the association process between metadata and media streams. Instead of requiring users to manually manage separate metadata files and their associations, the GUI provides a unified interface that handles the complexity of file structure and association automatically.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting a media stream to user next adjacent to text and other content via a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface allows allowing the user to select part of the content and associate it with a specified portion of the media stream. The a graphical user interface that displays and renders a media stream, such as a video stream, to a user in a first display area. Near the first display area is a second display area displaying content, such as text, to be associated with some portion of the media stream. The interface allows a user to select some of the content in the second display area with a pointing device. The selection also identifies a portion of the media stream based on what is being rendered as the selection is made and how the selection is made.