Multimedia Comment System Using Video Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video content websites limit comments to pure text, leading to inefficiencies such as re-downloading and re-uploading of videos, lack of correlation between original and multimedia comments, increased storage needs, and unnecessary bandwidth usage when viewing multimedia comments.
Innovation Solution
A multimedia comment system that allows users to create and manage multimedia comments directly on a transparent layer over video content, using buttons for various functions like text, image, sound, and video editing, with a database to store these comments independently, enabling linking and replaying without re-uploading the video content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users re-download and re-upload video content to submit multimedia comments, then multimedia comments can be submitted, but time and bandwidth are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary video segment (the portion being commented on) from the original video content, rather than requiring users to re-download and re-upload the entire video. This is achieved by having the server store the original video content and selectively transmit only the relevant segment to the client device for comment processing, thereby saving time and bandwidth while maintaining multimedia comment submission capability
Solution Approach 2:
The server performs preliminary processing by pre-segmenting the original video content into multiple video segments and storing them in advance. When a user wants to submit a multimedia comment, the system only needs to retrieve and process the specific pre-segmented video portion, eliminating the need for real-time re-downloading and re-uploading of the entire video content
2Adaptability or versatility
If users re-upload processed video content for multimedia comments, then comments can be submitted, but there is no relationship between re-uploaded content and original content
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by having the server store the original video content and use it as a reference for processing multimedia comments. The server receives the multimedia comment from the client device and associates it with the original video content through time point information and segment identification, ensuring that the relationship and correlation between the original content and the commented content are maintained and can be traced
3Adaptability or versatility
If individual video content files are created for each multimedia comment, then comments can be submitted, but storage space increases linearly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple video segments into a single original video content file stored on the server. Instead of creating separate video files for each multimedia comment, the system divides the original video into segments and stores them together with the original content. When processing comments, the system references the original video content and the specific time point, thereby reducing storage space requirements while maintaining the ability to process multimedia comments on different video portions
Solution Approach 2:
The original video content is segmented into multiple video segments based on time points, and each segment is stored with reference to the original video. This segmentation allows the system to handle multimedia comments on specific portions of the video without creating complete duplicate video files, as only the necessary segment information and time point data need to be stored alongside each comment
4Ease of operation
If viewers re-download video content to watch multimedia comments, then comments can be viewed, but viewer's time and bandwidth are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The server extracts and transmits only the specific video segment relevant to the multimedia comment to the viewer's client device, rather than requiring the viewer to re-download the entire original video content. This is achieved by using the time point information stored with the comment to identify and retrieve only the necessary video portion, thereby saving the viewer's time and bandwidth while maintaining the ability to watch multimedia comments in context
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AI summary
A multimedia comment system and a multimedia comment method are disclosed herein. The multimedia comment system includes a video unit and a comment unit. The video unit can provide a video content for a client device. The comment unit can make the client device render a multimedia comment interface related to the video content, in which the multimedia comment interface has a multimedia comment button. When a commentator selects the multimedia comment button, the comment unit allows the commentator to perform operation of a multimedia comment on the video content.