Multimedia Device Fingerprinting for Dynamic Content Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multimedia content streams are typically presented in a passive format with minimal user interaction, as users can only jump to pre-defined points created by the content producer, limiting engagement and interaction.
Innovation Solution
A multimedia device that uses fingerprints derived from media content to query a server for additional content, allowing dynamic presentation of additional information such as advertisements, annotations, and messages, and enabling user interaction through voice commands and annotation correlation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multimedia content is presented in a fixed non-editable format with pre-defined scene selections, then the content integrity and producer's artistic vision are preserved, but user interaction and engagement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments multimedia content into identifiable portions using fingerprinting technology. Each content segment is marked with unique identifiers that enable the system to recognize and manipulate specific portions of the content. This allows users to interact with and jump to specific segments without requiring the entire content structure to be editable, thus improving user interaction while maintaining content integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that sits between the fixed content format and the user interface. This intermediary layer uses content fingerprinting to understand the content structure and provides intelligent navigation capabilities to users. The intermediary translates user interactions into appropriate content jumps without requiring direct editing of the fixed content format, resolving the contradiction between content integrity and user interaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional content such as advertisements and annotations is dynamically inserted based on media fingerprints, then user engagement and content relevance are improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary fingerprinting of content segments during content ingestion or pre-processing. Content fingerprints are generated and stored in advance, creating a ready-to-use index for later dynamic content insertion. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex real-time analysis during playback, reducing system complexity while enabling adaptable content presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses self-service mechanisms where content automatically identifies itself through embedded fingerprints. When additional content needs to be inserted, the system queries the content's own fingerprint database to determine appropriate insertion points, rather than requiring complex external analysis. This self-identification capability simplifies the system architecture while maintaining high adaptability for dynamic content insertion.
3Loss of information
If content fingerprinting is used to identify and query additional content from servers, then content relevance and personalized delivery are enhanced, but network bandwidth consumption and query processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by caching content fingerprints and frequently accessed additional content locally on the user's device. Instead of querying the server for every content request, the system first checks local caches for matching fingerprints and associated content. This reduces network bandwidth consumption and query processing time while still delivering relevant content information, as the most commonly needed data is available locally.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for recording media content based on media content fingerprints is described. A media device records content received in a content stream from a scheduled start time of a media content to a scheduled end time of the media content to create a content recording. The media device derives one or more fingerprints from the content recording. A fingerprint database is queried with the one or more fingerprints to determine that a first portion of the content recording comprises an advertisement and a second portion of the content recording comprises the media content. In response to a request to play the content recording, starting playback of the content recording at the beginning of the second portion of the content recording.