Multimedia Timeline Conflict Resolution by Priority-Based Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing multimedia resource editing systems face difficulties in managing and synchronizing resources within a single track, requiring manual adjustment and leading to inefficiencies and potential editing errors.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for acquiring time information of a target resource, determining conflict resources, and adjusting them based on priorities and time information to automatically resolve conflicts within a single track, reducing manual intervention and enhancing editing efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual adjustment is used to resolve resource conflicts in a single track, then the user can control the timing of resources, but the editing efficiency decreases and the process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidediting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects time conflicts between resources in a single track and resolves them by adjusting resource timing based on pre-set priorities, eliminating the need for manual user intervention in conflict resolution while maintaining precise control over resource arrangement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary detection of time conflicts when resources are added to a track and automatically adjusts their timing before finalizing the timeline, preventing conflicts from arising in the first place rather than requiring subsequent manual resolution

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If automatic conflict resolution is implemented, then editing efficiency improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveediting efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system resolves conflicts by adjusting temporal parameters (start time, end time) of resources based on priority levels, using simple parameter modification rather than complex structural changes to achieve automatic conflict resolution

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a priority mechanism as an intermediary that mediates between conflicting resources, automatically determining which resource should be adjusted based on their priority levels without requiring complex user input or manual arbitration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Manufacturing precision

If manual resource adjustment is performed, then the user can precisely control timing, but the likelihood of editing errors increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetiming precisionVSAvoiderror rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides automatic feedback by detecting time conflicts and suggesting adjustments based on priority rules, allowing users to review and confirm the proposed changes rather than blindly accepting automated decisions, thus maintaining precision while reducing errors

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting and resolving timing conflicts without requiring user intervention, eliminating human errors in the conflict resolution process while maintaining precise timing control through algorithmic calculations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250245057A1Multimedia resource processing method, medium and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.07.31 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a multimedia resource processing method, a medium and an electronic device, and the method includes: acquiring time information of a target resource to be inserted in a target track, in which the time information represents start time and end time of the target resource on a timeline of the target track; determining, according to the time information and time information of each of track resources on the target track, a conflict resource which has a time conflict with the target resource from the track resources; and adjusting the target resource and the conflict resource based on priorities and time information corresponding to the target resource and the conflict resource respectively, to determine target time information corresponding to the target resource and the conflict resource respectively.