Multi-Source Journal Editing With Proxy-Based Collaborative Video Workflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional journalism is slow, expensive, and limited to powerful computing systems due to the computationally intensive nature of high definition/quality audio-video content editing, preventing less powerful devices from performing editing tasks efficiently, and hindering collaboration between users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for integrating multi-source journal content using a multi-source content acquisition engine, selection engine, arrangement engine, and launch engine, enabling real-time editing and collaboration without specialized hardware, utilizing proxy versions to reduce computational demands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If high definition/quality audio-video content editing is performed on powerful computing systems, then editing quality and speed are improved, but device cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses proxy versions (copies) of high definition audio-video content that have reduced computational requirements. These proxy versions allow less powerful computing systems to perform editing operations efficiently, while the system maintains the ability to work with full-quality content when needed, thus resolving the contradiction between editing performance and device requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes quality parameters by switching between proxy versions (lower quality, lower computational demand) and high definition versions (higher quality, higher computational demand). This allows the same system to adapt to different computing resources available, resolving the contradiction by adjusting the quality parameter based on system capabilities
2Adaptability or versatility
If high definition/quality audio-video content editing is performed on less powerful computing systems, then device accessibility is improved, but editing performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Proxy versions serve as accessible copies that can be edited on less powerful systems without sacrificing the ability to produce high-quality final output. The system creates and manages these proxy versions automatically, allowing widespread device accessibility while maintaining editing performance through intelligent quality management
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional high definition/quality audio-video content editing tools are used for collaboration, then editing quality is maintained, but system cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses proxy versions for collaborative editing operations, allowing multiple users to work together on high definition content without each user's system needing full computational power. The proxy copies enable quality collaboration while reducing individual system requirements, resolving the contradiction between quality and complexity
Data Source
AI summary
The paper discloses a system including a multi-source content acquisition engine configured to provide an instruction to launch an editor window to display a set of selectable content from user-generated content generated by a plurality of remote sources and stored in a content datastore. The system includes a multi-source content selection configured to identify a set of selected content from the set of selectable content. The system includes an integrated content arrangement engine configured to arrange the set of selected content into a multi-sourced journal content sequence. The system includes a layer integration engine configured to apply a layer from the layer datastore to a portion of the multi-sourced journal content sequence. The system includes a multi-source content launch engine configured to provide an instruction to display an integrated multi-sourced journal content sequence including the multi-sourced journal content sequence and the layer in the editor window.