Multi-device Content Presentation via Segmentation and Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content presentation applications on handheld devices face limitations due to screen size constraints, which restrict the simultaneous and effective display of multiple media types like text, images, and video, as they must be presented linearly or in reduced resolution to fit the screen.
Innovation Solution
A method for presenting multimedia content on multiple devices, where a controlling computing device allocates media segments to be displayed on both itself and secondary devices, synchronizing the presentation by forwarding progress updates to ensure seamless display of primary and secondary media segments across devices, allowing for enhanced multimedia experiences even with hardware limitations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If content is presented on a single handheld device screen, then portability and mobility are maintained, but the display quality and ability to show multiple media types simultaneously are limited due to screen size constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the multimedia content into separate media segments (e.g., text, images, video, audio) and allocates them to different devices for presentation. The controlling device segments the content and distributes it to secondary presentation devices, allowing each device to display optimized content without being constrained by individual screen sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the presentation space from a single 2D screen to multiple devices in different spatial dimensions. By distributing content across multiple devices that can be positioned at different locations and orientations, the system creates a multi-dimensional presentation environment that overcomes the limitations of a single screen's area.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple media types are presented on a single device, then content integration is achieved, but the presentation quality and resolution are reduced to fit the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments multimedia content into distinct media types and assigns them to different presentation devices. This allows each device to render its assigned content at full resolution and quality without the constraints of trying to fit multiple media types on a single small screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal multimedia presentation architecture where multiple devices work together as a unified presentation system. Each device maintains its own display capabilities while contributing to the overall multimedia presentation, allowing the system as a whole to achieve high-quality presentation of multiple media types simultaneously.
3Device complexity
If content is displayed linearly on a single screen, then device complexity is minimized, but the user experience and information delivery are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content delivery process into coordinated tasks across multiple devices. While the system architecture becomes more complex, each individual device maintains relatively simple functionality, presenting its assigned media segment independently while synchronizing with the overall content delivery timeline.
Solution Approach 2:
The controlling device acts as an intermediary that coordinates content distribution and synchronization between the content source and multiple presentation devices. This mediator manages the complexity of multi-device coordination, allowing presentation devices to focus on their specific rendering tasks while maintaining synchronization.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method for presenting content on multiple devices is implemented on a computing device and includes: receiving selection of a multimedia content item, the multimedia content item including at least two media segments each of a different type, defining a first media segment of the at least two media segments as a primary media segment, defining at least a second media segment of the at least two media segments as at least one secondary media segment, allocating the at least one secondary media segment for presentation on at least one secondary presentation device, presenting the primary media segment on the computing device, detecting a current progress in the presenting, and based on said current progress, forwarding to the at least one secondary media segment an indication of an instruction for synchronizing presentation of the at least one secondary media segment with said presenting.