Object Comment Association in Media Content Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in efficiently associating and sharing commenting and ranking information with content items and objects encountered online, as the vast amount of available content makes it difficult to find, sort, and reuse relevant information effectively.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that process media items to detect objects and associate commenting information with users, allowing for storage and retrieval of this information for future use, enabling efficient sharing and reuse by integrating with services platforms and user equipment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually associate commenting information with content items, then information accuracy is improved, but time consumption and operational complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic object detection in media items and self-association of commenting information without requiring manual user intervention. The processor automatically detects objects in media items, retrieves associated commenting information, and links them together, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-processes media items by detecting objects and retrieving commenting information in advance before user requests. By performing object detection and information retrieval as preliminary actions, the system prepares data structures ahead of time, reducing the time users need to wait when they subsequently access or share the information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If comprehensive commenting information is stored for all objects, then information completeness is improved, but storage requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments commenting information by associating it with specific detected objects rather than storing all information in a monolithic structure. Each media item is processed to identify individual objects, and commenting information is segmented and stored in association with each object identifier, making the system manageable through modular organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a universal data structure that can handle multiple types of content (images, videos, articles) and multiple object types through a common object detection and information association mechanism. This multi-functional approach allows the same processing pipeline to handle diverse content types, reducing overall system complexity despite comprehensive information storage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If object detection is performed on all media items, then detection accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing throughput
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs object detection selectively rather than on every single media item. Object detection is triggered based on specific conditions such as user requests, content type, or priority levels, allowing the system to achieve sufficient detection accuracy for relevant items while avoiding unnecessary processing of others, thus maintaining productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

4Loss of information

If user-generated commenting information is integrated with content mapping platforms, then information usefulness is improved, but data management complexity and security requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation usefulnessVSAvoiddata management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary layer that manages the integration between user-generated commenting information and content mapping platforms. This intermediary processing system handles data association, validation, and security protocols, shielding the core content mapping platform from direct exposure to complex user data management while still enabling information usefulness through integrated results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10956938B2Method and apparatus for associating commenting information with one or more objects
Publication Date: 2021.03.23 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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AI summary

An approach is provided for presenting a user interface and associating one or more commenting information with on one or more content items detected in one or more media items. Further, a user may associate one or more commenting information related to a point of interest/object wherein one or more content items associated with the point of interest/object may be retrieved and aggregated with the one or more commenting information.