Personalized Video Frame Overlays for Scalable Viewer Advertising

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing video streaming services lack personalized video content, leading to a market desire for highly personalized videos to demand premium advertising revenue.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for generating personalized video streams by capturing frames from background videos, applying personalization elements, and embedding these elements into the video using video transitions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If video advertising is added to generate additional revenue streams, then revenue potential is improved, but the advertisements are not tailored to customers which reduces effectiveness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverevenue potentialVSAvoidadvertisement personalization
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The video content is segmented into multiple layers including base video content and overlayable personalization elements. The system divides advertisements into customizable components that can be selectively applied to different viewer segments based on their preferences, demographics, and viewing behavior, enabling tailored advertising while maintaining revenue scalability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Personalization elements and advertisement variations are prepared in advance and stored in a library ready for deployment. The system pre-processes video content to identify suitable insertion points and pre-generates personalized advertisement versions, enabling rapid delivery of customized content without real-time processing delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If personalized video content is created to engage individual viewers, then viewer engagement is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewer engagementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The video processing system is designed with multi-functional components that can handle multiple tasks. The same infrastructure processes both standard video content and personalized variations, the overlay system works with different video formats and personalization types, reducing overall system complexity despite the versatility of personalized content delivery.

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

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of creating entirely unique personalized videos for each viewer, the system uses template-based copying where personalization elements are overlaid on standardized video templates. This approach maintains high viewer engagement through personalization while significantly reducing the complexity of video production and processing infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Manufacturing precision

If personalization elements are applied to video frames, then content customization is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent customizationVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Personalization elements are pre-rendered and pre-processed before being applied to video frames. The system prepares overlay graphics, text elements, and personalized content in advance, storing them in optimized formats that enable rapid insertion during video playback without requiring extensive real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The video processing system operates in periodic batches, processing personalization elements for multiple video frames in organized cycles. This batch processing approach optimizes resource utilization and reduces overall processing time compared to handling each frame individually in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS20250294207A1Personalized video mechanism
Publication Date: 2025.09.18 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

A system is described. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store a content editor and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the content editor to receive a selection of a video frame of a background video file displayed within in a graphical user interface (GUI), generate one or more personalization elements indicating personalized data that is to appear in a reference video associated with the background video file, apply the one or more personalization elements to the selected video frame and generate a design file including the one or more personalization elements.