Moving Video Comments Linked to Playback Without Screen Obstruction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional video comments do not associate with the playing progress of a video and can block content, impairing the viewing experience.

Innovation Solution

Display moving comments in a non-overlapping area of the screen, associated with the video's playing progress, allowing them to move across the screen without obstructing the video content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional video comments are displayed on the screen, then user interaction and discussion are enabled, but the comments block video content and impair viewing experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoidvideo content obstruction
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dimensionality change by moving comments from a traditional static overlay position to a scrolling display area that traverses the screen horizontally. Comments are positioned in a dedicated scrolling region that moves across the screen width, allowing them to occupy screen space temporarily without permanently blocking video content. This dimensional movement resolves the contradiction between enabling interaction and preventing obstruction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics by making comments scroll across the screen rather than remaining static. The scrolling mechanism allows comments to be displayed dynamically at different positions along the horizontal axis, ensuring that no single comment permanently blocks video content. This dynamic positioning enables continuous user interaction while maintaining video visibility throughout the viewing experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If moving comments are associated with video playing progress, then real-time interaction feeling is enhanced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time interaction experienceVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing the association between comment display position and video playing progress. The system pre-configures the scrolling mechanism to synchronize comment movement with video playback timing, so that comments appear and move in predetermined patterns relative to the video content. This preliminary setup enables real-time interaction effects without requiring complex real-time calculations during playback.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring video playing progress and using it to control comment scrolling behavior. The system receives feedback from the video playback state and adjusts comment display accordingly, creating a synchronized interaction experience. This feedback mechanism enables real-time adaptation while maintaining manageable system complexity through event-driven architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12495188B2Method, device and medium for enabling moving comments to a video
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Method, device and medium for enabling moving comments to a video are provided in the present disclosure. The method comprises: obtaining a video from a server; displaying the video in a non-full screen mode and a moving comment post entry control on a screen of an electronic device, wherein the video does not overlap with a moving comment display area for displaying moving comments on the screen, wherein each of the moving comments is associated with a current playing progress of the video, and moves from one edge of the screen to an opposite edge of the screen; and displaying a moving comment input interface for inputting a moving comment on the screen, in response to a trigger operation on the moving comment post entry control.