Multimedia Content Duplication via Local Pixel Template
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods require loading multiple copies of content on a computing device, leading to excessive bandwidth usage when displaying duplicate multimedia content, such as images and videos, without providing an efficient way to analyze and display specific regions of content without additional bandwidth consumption.
Innovation Solution
A technique that reads pixel data from a specific region of a display device to create identical content by analyzing and storing pixel values, alpha data, and coordinates as a template in local storage, allowing for the display of duplicate content without additional bandwidth usage, relying on processing power instead.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple copies of content are loaded onto the computing device, then the content can be displayed in multiple locations, but bandwidth usage increases proportionally
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a template from the original content's pixel data and generates duplicate content by referencing this template instead of loading multiple copies. The system reads pixel values, coordinates, and alpha data of the original image, stores them as a template in local storage, and then generates duplicate content by referencing this single template, thereby eliminating the need to load multiple content copies over the network.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by creating and storing a template from the original content before generating any duplicates. The template containing pixel data, coordinates, and alpha information is prepared in advance and stored in local storage, enabling rapid generation of duplicate content without repeated network loading.
2Loss of energy
If pixel data is read and stored as a template for duplicate content, then bandwidth usage is reduced, but processing power requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes the mechanical system of network data transmission with a local processing system. Instead of using bandwidth to load multiple content copies, the system uses local processing power to read pixel data, create a template, and generate duplicates from this template stored in local storage, replacing network I/O with computational operations.
3Ease of operation
If conventional methods are used to load multiple content copies, then content can be displayed immediately, but the device requires additional bandwidth for each copy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple content loading operations into a single template creation and storage operation. Instead of separately loading each content copy, the system combines all necessary pixel data, coordinates, and alpha information into one template that can be referenced repeatedly to generate any number of duplicate content instances.
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AI summary
Multimedia content processing in a computing device includes providing a first multimedia content to be displayed in a first region of a display device; establishing a second region on the display device where a second multimedia content is to be displayed; loading an electronic document on the display device causing the first multimedia content to be displayed in first region on the display device; copying the first multimedia content displayed in the first region by creating the second multimedia content from the first region; analyzing raster data associated with the first multimedia content to store image data from a snapshot of the first multimedia content; storing raster data associated with each pixel of the first multimedia content in a local storage of the computing device; creating a duplicate version of the first multimedia content based on stored image pixel data; and displaying the second multimedia content in the second region.