Multimodality Rich Media Comments via Sensor Data Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current multimedia technologies are inadequate for convenient interactive opinion exchange between users, focusing primarily on man-machine interactions rather than user-to-user information exchange.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for multimodality-appended rich media comments, utilizing a server and electronic device with sensors and a processing unit to sense user behavior, analyze data, and combine interactive objects with source media, creating a rendered medium for enhanced user interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If current multimedia technology is used for information exchange, then man-machine interaction is achieved, but user-to-user interactive opinion exchange is not mature

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser-to-user interaction capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between multiple electronic devices. The server receives sensing data from users' electronic devices, processes this data to generate situation factors, and delivers the processed information back to users. This intermediary architecture enables mature user-to-user interactive opinion exchange without requiring direct complex peer-to-peer connections between all user devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If sensors are added to electronic devices to sense user behavior, then user behavior data can be obtained, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser behavior informationVSAvoidelectronic device complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the complex data processing functionality from the electronic devices and relocates it to the server. The electronic devices are simplified to only perform sensing and data transmission functions, while the server handles the complex tasks of analyzing sensing data, generating situation factors, and creating rendered media. This extraction reduces device complexity while preserving the ability to capture comprehensive user behavior information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If sensing data is analyzed and interactive objects are modified to create rendered medium, then rich media comments are generated, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomment information richnessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining multiple interactive objects and their associated situation factors before actual user interaction occurs. When sensing data is received, the server can quickly match the data against pre-established situation factors and select appropriate pre-prepared interactive objects, rather than generating new comments from scratch. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces processing time while maintaining rich comment information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8935385B2System and method of multimodality-appended rich media comments
Publication Date: 2015.01.13 QUANTA COMPUTER INC
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AI summary

A system of multimodality-appended rich media comments is provided. The system includes a server and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a network access module, at least one sensor and a processing unit. The network access module communicates with the server. The at least one sensor senses a user's behavior in a recording mode to obtain a sensing data. The processing unit performs an application to provide a source medium, wherein a rich media comment function of the application can be activated to provide multiple interactive objects for selection and then trigger the recording mode. The application uploads the sensing data to the server after the recording mode finishes. The server analyzes the sensing data and accordingly modifies the selected interactive object, combines the source medium with the modified interactive object into a rendered medium, and then delivers the rendered medium to the application.