Interactive Multimedia Data Update Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
In distributed working environments, recorded multimedia data lacks interactivity, preventing listeners or viewers from posing questions or participating in discussions in real-time, leading to incomplete information and missed opportunities for feedback and discussion.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow interactive updates to recorded multimedia data by receiving requests, determining their location, and combining them with feedback, either directly or through a link, within the multimedia data, ensuring integrity and transparency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If multimedia data is recorded for later playback, then employees can review meeting content after the meeting, but listeners cannot pose questions or participate in discussions in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static recorded multimedia data into a dynamic system that accepts and processes interactive requests. The recorded data structure is enhanced to include request identification, timing information, and feedback mechanisms, allowing the system to respond to user interactions in real-time while maintaining the original recorded content integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where listeners can pose questions during playback and receive responses that are integrated into the multimedia data stream. The system captures feedback from multiple listeners, processes it through the speaker or automated system, and returns responses that are timestamped and positioned within the original recording context, creating a closed-loop interactive system.
2Loss of information
If listeners pose questions through post emails or phone calls, then they can seek clarification, but they lose discussion opportunities due to delayed communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares the recorded multimedia data structure in advance to accommodate interactive elements. The system pre-defines data fields for requests, responses, timestamps, and positioning information, so that when interactive requests come in during playback, they can be immediately integrated without delay or manual processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a bridge between the playback system and the original meeting participants. This intermediary captures, processes, and relays questions and answers in real-time, maintaining the connection between listeners and speakers even though the original meeting has concluded, thereby preserving discussion opportunities.
3Ease of operation
If discussion is conducted point-to-point between listener and speaker, then individual questions can be addressed, but other listeners cannot access the discussion information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the interactive request handling system to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it processes individual listener questions, broadcasts responses to all listeners, maintains a centralized record of all interactions, and integrates everything into the unified multimedia data stream. This multi-functional approach ensures that point-to-point communication benefits all participants.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges individual point-to-point discussions into a unified interactive session by combining multiple requests and responses into the single multimedia data structure. All listener questions and speaker responses are integrated with proper timing and positioning information, creating a consolidated discussion record accessible to all participants.
4Loss of information
If interactive requests are added to recorded multimedia data, then completeness of information is improved, but data structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the multimedia data structure into distinct functional components: the original recorded content, metadata about the recording, interactive request elements, response elements, and synchronization information. This segmentation allows each component to be independently managed and processed while maintaining overall system integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested data structure where interactive requests and responses are embedded within the original multimedia data framework. Each interactive element contains its own sub-structure (request data, response data, timing information), which is nested within the larger multimedia context, allowing hierarchical organization and efficient access.
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AI summary
A method and associated system for updating recorded multimedia data. An interactive request pertaining to a portion of recorded multimedia data is received. A response to the received request is received. A determination is made of a location, within the recorded multimedia data where the portion (of the recorded multimedia data to which the request pertains) is located. The interactive request and a feedback are combined into a combination. The combination of the interactive request and the feedback, or a link pointing to the combination stored external to the recorded multimedia data, is added to the recorded multimedia data at the location of the portion.